Metabolic risk factors of colorectal cancer: Umbrella review.

Background And Aim: The association between metabolic factors and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk is inconclusive. This umbrella review aimed to summarise and describe the association using existing systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses.

Method: Four databases (Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) were searched for systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses of observational studies.

Antenatal care service satisfaction and associated factors among pregnant women at public health facilities of Wogera district, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Pregnant women's satisfaction with Ante-Natal Care (ANC) is crucial for improving its quality and providing standardized healthcare services. However, studies on pregnant women's satisfaction with antenatal care and associated factors are limited in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess satisfaction and associated factors among pregnant women receiving antenatal care in Wogera district.

Adverse birth outcome among women who gave birth at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: In Ethiopia, various maternal and child health interventions, including comprehensive and basic obstetric cares were conducted to curb high neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality. As such, adverse birth outcome has been a public health concern in the country. Thus, this study aimed to assess the burden and associated factors with adverse birth outcomes among women who gave birth at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Residential and wealth-related disparities of high fertility preferences in Ethiopia: A decomposition analysis.

Background: Fertility preference significantly influences contraceptive uptake and impacts population growth, especially in low and middle-income countries. In the previous pieces of literature, variations in fertility preference across residence and wealth categories and its contributors were not assessed in Ethiopia. Therefore, we decomposed high fertility preferences among reproductive-aged women by residence and wealth status in Ethiopia.

Building a resilient health system for universal health coverage and health security: a systematic review.

Background: Resilient health system (RHS) is crucial to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and health security. However, little is known about strategies towards RHS to improve UHC and health security. This systematic review aims to synthesise the literature to understand approaches to build RHS toward UHC and health security.

Maternal satisfaction on quality of childhood vaccination services and its associated factors at public health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Background: Vaccination is one of the most important public health interventions to reduce child mortality and morbidity. In Ethiopia, about 472,000 children die each year by vaccine-preventable diseases. A satisfied mother is assumed to use the services and complies with the service provider for better health care outcomes.

Work engagement among health professionals in public health facilities of Bench-Sheko zone, southwest Ethiopia.

Background: The level of health professional work engagement affects retention, burnout, job satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and outcomes; however, there is a paucity of evidence that benefit health professional work engagement. Therefore, this study aimed to assess work engagement and associated factors among health professionals at public health facilities in the Bench-Sheko zone in southwest Ethiopia.

Methods: Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 605 health professionals from 29 March to 29 April 2021.

Implementation fidelity of infection prevention practices at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Healthcare-Acquired Infections are a major problem in the world and within the healthcare delivery system. An estimated 5-10% and around 25% of hospitalized patients have healthcare-acquired infections in developed and developing countries, respectively. Infection prevention and control programs have proven to be successful in lowering the incidence and spread of infections.

Comprehensive emergency management of obstetric and newborn care program implementation at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: an evaluation study.

Background: Maternal healthcare service is the care given for the woman during her gestation, delivery and postpartum period. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) was remains high and a public health problem in Ethiopia. Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries account two-thirds of the global total maternal deaths.

Organizational commitment and associated factors among health professionals working in public hospitals of southwestern Oromia, Ethiopia.

Introduction: Organizational commitment refers to the extent to which employees identify with and are involved with a given organization. It is an important variable for healthcare organizations to consider since it acts as a predictor of job satisfaction, organizational efficiency and effectiveness, health professionals' absenteeism, and turnover. However, there is a knowledge gap in the health sector about workplace factors that are associated with healthcare provider commitment to their organization.

Recovery rate of severe acute malnourished children aged 6-59 months enrolled in outpatient therapeutic program at health posts of Central Gondar zone, Ethiopia.

Inadequate intake of food is one of the causes of malnutrition and has significant impact on the deaths of children in low-income countries. Community-based management of acute malnutrition was endorsed as a strategy to alleviate such burdens of child morbidity and mortality associated with malnutrition. Despite outpatient therapeutic program has decentralized to health post level, there is still a lack of adequate evidence regarding the recovery rates from outpatient therapeutic program at health post level in Ethiopia.

Evaluation of the community-based outpatient therapeutic feeding program implementation for managing children with severe acute malnutrition in Northwest Ethiopia: A mixed-method evaluation protocol.

Background: Community-based outpatient therapeutic feeding program (C-OTP) in Ethiopia has been launched to manage uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) by trained Health Extension Workers (HEWs). This program is believed to be the most effective strategy for reaching a large group of children suffering from SAM in rural and disadvantaged communities. Nonetheless, poor treatment outcomes, notably mortality and prolonged recovery time, become pressing public health problems, which could be a result of suboptimal implementation and poor service quality.

Evaluation of family planning service delivery in Gondar city public health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Family planning program is low-cost and an effective way to lower maternalmortality by reducing the number of high-risk births. Despite the effectiveness of the program, availability of materials, equipment and trained healthcare providers were some of the challenges in sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia. Determining the implementation status and identifying gaps is the aim of this evaluation.

Contributions and challenges of healthcare financing towards universal health coverage in Ethiopia: a narrative evidence synthesis.

Background: High burden of healthcare expenditure precludes the poor from access to quality healthcare services. In Ethiopia, a significant proportion of the population has faced financial catastrophe associated with the costs of healthcare services. The Ethiopian Government aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030; however, the Ethiopian health system is struggling with low healthcare funding and high out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure despite the implementation of several reforms in health care financing (HCF).

Evaluation of the outpatient therapeutic program for severe acute malnourished children aged 6-59 months implementation in Dehana District, Northern Ethiopia: a mixed-methods evaluation.

Background: In Ethiopia, about 57% of child mortality is associated with acute malnutrition in which the burden is dominant at the rural community. In that regard, the Ethiopian government has been implementing the Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) for managing the uncomplicated sever acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months at community level by health extension workers. But nothing is known about the implementation status of OTP.

Successes and challenges of health systems governance towards universal health coverage and global health security: a narrative review and synthesis of the literature.

Background: The shift in the global burden of disease from communicable to noncommunicable was a factor in mobilizing support for a broader post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) health agenda. To curb these and other global health problems, 193 Member States of the United Nations (UN) became signatories of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. In the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the importance of health systems governance (HSG) is felt now more than ever for addressing the pandemic and continuing to provide essential health services.

Healthcare leadership effectiveness among managers in Public Health institutions of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a mixed methods study.

Background: Leadership is the ability to influence the attitudes, beliefs, and abilities of employees to achieve organisational goals. It is crucial for the successes or failures of organisational performance. Healthcare organizations need effective leadership to manage the health service delivery reforms efficiently and effectively.

Continuum of maternal healthcare services utilisation and associated factors among women who gave birth in Siyadebirena Wayu district, Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aimed to analyse the prevalence and factors associated with continuum of maternal healthcare services among women who gave birth in Siyadebirena Wayu district, Central Ethiopia.

Design: Community-based cross-sectional study.

Setting: At eight Kebeles in Central Ethiopia.

Mothers' Acceptance and Willingness to Pay an Out-of-Pocket Payment for Maternal and Child Nutritional Services in Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Around $3.5 trillion globally and up to $2.78 billion in Ethiopia, losses are reported annually due to malnutrition.

Improving Quality of Service Among Antiretroviral Therapy Users Through Strategic Problem-Solving Approach at Bure Primary Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Globally, an estimated 1.7 million new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections occurred in 2018. Although significant progress has been made still, it remained a public health threat.

Compassionate and respectful care among outpatient clients at public health facilities in Northwest Ethiopia: A mixed-methods study.

Introduction: Compassionate and respectful care is a pillar for improving health-seeking behaviour. It has given much attention globally, following the concerns that healthcare often falls significantly; however, less research emphasis was paid in the last decade. Therefore, this study aims to assess compassionate and respectful care and associated factors among outpatient clients at public health facilities in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Time to early initiation of postnatal care service utilization and its predictors among women who gave births in the last 2 years in Ethiopia: a shared frailty model.

Background: Most maternal and infant deaths occurred within the first month after birth. Nearly half of the maternal deaths and more than a million newborn deaths occurred within the first day of life but these were preventable through early initiation of postnatal care (PNC) services. However, the available evidence on the level of early initiation of PNC service utilization was not adequate to inform policy decisions.

Willingness to Pay for Childhood Malaria Vaccine Among Caregivers of Under-Five Children in Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Malaria, a protozoan disease caused by the genus , is responsible for serious illnesses and death across the world. RTS, S/AS01 (Mosquirix™) is a recombinant protein-based malaria vaccine valuable for the prevention and control of the disease. However, studies done so far on the willingness to pay (WTP) malaria vaccine have been inadequate to inform policy-makers.

Willingness to Pay for Social Health Insurance Among Teachers at Governmental Schools in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Globally, about 1.3 billion people lack access to effective and affordable healthcare and 150 million people in 44 million households face financial catastrophe. Health insurance schemes are an effective financing mechanism to help people who are unable to use healthcare services.

Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure Among Rural Households in the Semi-Pastoral Community, Western Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Every year, 808 million people face catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), and 122 million people were pushed into poverty. It aggravates healthcare inequalities, incurs double burden opportunity costs, and pushes households to sit in a deep poverty trap. A few studies have been done so far; however, it is not enough to inform policy decisions.