COVID-19 related barriers to institutional childbirth during the early phase of the pandemic in rural Arsi zone, Ethiopia, 2022: A qualitative study.

Introduction: Global, national, and local studies revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced institutional childbirth. However, it is not well understood how the COVID-19 epidemic affected institutional childbirth service utilization. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate COVID-19 related impediments to institutional childbirth service uptake during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 20/2020-June 20/2020) in the rural Arsi zone of Ethiopia.

Trends of Tuberculosis Disease from 2013-2018 in Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Retrospective Review.

Purpose: Tuberculosis is a common global public health problem. Ethiopia is among the thirty top Tuberculosis burden countries. Trends of tuberculosis disease in general and at the district level in the Bale Zone have not been assessed and no adequate information existed for informed decision-making.