Work related injury among Saudi Star Agro Industry workers in Gambella region, Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study.

Background: Work injury is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, much of these work injuries burden can be found in industry required heavy manual work such as, agriculture and fishers. Hence; agriculture is consistently cited as one of the most hazardous industry in the world. The objective of this study isto assess the magnitude and associated factors of work related injury among Saudi Star Agro Industry workers in Gambella region, South West Ethiopia.

Assessment of the monitoring and evaluation system for integrated community case management (ICCM) in Ethiopia: a comparison against global benchmark indicators.

Background: Program managers require feasible, timely, reliable, and valid measures of iCCM implementation to identify problems and assess progress. The global iCCM Task Force developed benchmark indicators to guide implementers to develop or improve monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems.

Objective: To assesses Ethiopia's iCCM M&E system by determining the availability and feasibility of the iCCM benchmark indicators.

Effect of performance review and clinical mentoring meetings (PRCMM) on recording of community case management by health extension workers in Ethiopia.

Background: The Performance Review and Clinical Mentoring Meeting (PRCMM) is an approach to improve and sustain Health Extension Worker (HEW) skills and performance in integrated Community Case Management (iCCM).

Objective: To compare HEW performance in recording case management before and after they participated in PRCMM.

Methods: We conducted a historical cohort analysis of iCCM case records between September 2010 and December 2012 from 622 randomly selected health posts representing 31 intervention woredas (districts) of Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Regions.

Assessment of quality of services in private clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Involvement of the private sector in provision of health services has progressively increased in many developing countries including Ethiopia. Promotion of the private sector involvement is also one of the elements in the health care financing strategy in Ethiopia. A cross sectional descriptive study was done on quality of care in private clinics in Addis Ababa during the period of April, 2000.