Publications by authors named "Belay Tafa"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates maternal health care service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic among 844 pregnant women in the West Shoa zone of Central Ethiopia, utilizing a community-based cross-sectional approach with face-to-face interviews.
- Results show that 64.8% of mothers accessed maternal health services, with higher utilization rates linked to higher education levels, better income, and less travel time to health facilities.
- Additionally, the study found that mothers who were less fearful of COVID-19 and did not require permission from their husbands for health-related decisions were more likely to utilize maternal health services.
Paramedical staffs knowledge and attitudes towards antimicrobial resistance in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob
September 2017
Background: The continuing emergence, development and spread of pathogenic organisms that are resistant to antimicrobials are a cause of increasing concern. The control of antimicrobial resistance requires knowledge of factors causing antimicrobial resistance, good attitudes towards the intervention strategies as well as changes in antibiotic prescribing behavior of health workers. Hence, this study was aimed to assess paramedical staffs' knowledge and attitudes towards antimicrobial resistance and their antibiotics prescription practices in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction. Campylobacter is one of the leading bacterial causes of food-borne disease. The prevalence of Campylobacter species resistant to antimicrobial agents is increasing.
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