Practice of COVID-19 prevention measures and its factors in long-distance truck drivers of Tigray.

Introduction: long-distance truck drivers are a population group that moves in and out of a country and can meet with different individuals and can easily expose to COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of practice and associated factors towards COVID-19 prevention measures in long-distance truck drivers of Tigray.

Methods: this is a cross-sectional study conducted on 350 long-distance truck drivers recruited by systematic random sampling in the Mekelle entry point from July 5 to July 20 2020.

Effect of maternal education on completing childhood vaccination in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the association between maternal education and completion of childhood vaccination among aged 12-23 months children in Ethiopia. Systematic review and meta-analysis. PubMed-Medline, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Global Health, and Google Scholar were searched for articles published from January 2010 to January 2020.

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among internally displaced persons: unveiling the impact of the war of Tigray.

Introduction: Due to the war in Tigray, 2.1 million people (31% of the total population) were internally displaced. Epidemiological evidence shows that the burden of mental health is higher in war/conflict and post-conflict areas of the world compared to non-conflict places, especially for those who have experienced targeted ethnic violence as a result of civil and political unrest.

Prevalence of depression and associated factors among community hosted internally displaced people of Tigray; during war and siege.

Background: Displacement is a psychologically stressful event. Since the war began, the people of Tigray were subjected to stressful events such as torture, rape, the killing of a family member, forced displacement, and even ethnic cleansing in their home countries. Especially displaced individuals are faced mental health problems.

Immediate health and economic impact of the Tigray war on internally displaced persons and hosting households.

Globally, war is the major cause of displacement from the usual place of the biological environment. The war of Tigray exposed thousands of people to internal displacement and migration. Evidence has shown that displaced people and migrants shoulder the health and economic burden to ensure survival.

Child health services and armed conflict in Tigray, North Ethiopia: a community-based study.

Background: Access to basic health services, notably child health services, is severely hampered by the armed conflict in Tigray, North Ethiopia. Little is known regarding the impacts of the armed conflict during the war in Tigray on access to child health services. The current study investigates the impact of the armed conflict on the utilization of child health services in Tigray.

War and Health Care Services Utilization for Chronic Diseases in Rural and Semiurban Areas of Tigray, Ethiopia.

Importance: The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, has disrupted the health care system of the region. However, its association with health care services disruption for chronic diseases has not been well documented.

Objective: To assess the association of the war with the utilization of health care services for patients with chronic diseases.

War-related sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: a community-based study.

Introduction: Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during armed conflicts has serious ramifications with women and girls disproportionally affected. The impact of the conflict that erupted in November 2020 in Tigray on SGBV is not well documented. This study is aimed at assessing war-related SGBV in war-affected Tigray, Ethiopia.

Unimproved water and sanitation contributes to childhood diarrhoea during the war in Tigray, Ethiopia: a community based assessment.

Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is a global public health problem. The situation is worst in conflict areas, where people are displaced from their usual homes. Household supply of WASH and the incidence of diarrhoeal disease among children during the war in Tigray are not known or documented.

Magnitude of kangaroo mother care practice and its associated factors in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, 2019: cross-sectional study design.

Introduction: kangaroo mother care is an evidence based approach care of preterm and low birth weight infants carried skin-to-skin with the parents that can decrease morbidity and mortality of infant. Country level adoption and practice of kangaroo mother care has been limited and global coverage remains low and few studies have examined the reasons for low practice. The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of kangaroo mother care practice and its associated factors in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, 2019.

Determinants of measles vaccination dropout among 12 - 23 months aged children in pastoralist community of Afar, Ethiopia.

Background: Measles is a viral disease and a leading vaccine-preventable childhood killer. More than 95% of measles deaths occur in countries with low incomes and weak health infrastructures. In response to this, Ethiopia prepared a measles elimination strategic plan to achieve by 2020.

Prevalence and associated factors of active trachoma among 1-9 years old children in Deguatemben, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018: community cross-sectional study.

Background: Trachoma is a contagious infection of the eye. World Health Organization recommended three rounds of mass drug administration in districts where the prevalence of trachomatous follicular (TF) is ≥10% in children aged 1-9 years. Mass drug distribution was given to residents for three consecutive years with more than 90% coverage.

The Utilization of Health Service Packages Among Mothers of Children Less Than 1 Year of Age in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

Health Service Package is the package of services that the government is providing or is aspiring to provide to its citizens in an equitable manner. The Ethiopia Family Health Service Package is part of the health extension program consisting of antenatal care, delivery service, postnatal care, immunization, and family planning. This package facilitates the utilization of maternal, neonatal and child health services and contributes to the reduction of maternal and child mortality.

Determinants of client satisfaction with family planning services in public health facilities of Jigjiga town, Eastern Ethiopia.

Background: Client satisfaction is the best indicator of quality service provision and has been found to correlate with continuity of care perceived by the client. The measurement of client satisfaction helps in understanding willingness and decisions to return for future services. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the level and factors associated with client satisfaction of FP services among family planning users.