Knowledge and practice toward hospital-acquired infections prevention and associated factors among nurses working at university referral hospitals in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia 2021.

Objective: Hospital-acquired infection is higher in low- and middle-income countries because of inadequate knowledge of hospital-acquired infection prevention and poor adherence to standard infection prevention practices.

Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 423 randomly selected nurses working at university referral hospitals in Southern, Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia from 01 to 30 April 2021. Data was collected by self-administer questionnaires.

An analysis of COVID-19 information sources.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new situations that require the effective delivery of health information across the world and it's important to offer clear, consistent, and credible information on the pandemic to mitigate and control the outbreak.

Aim: To assess COVID-19 information source, need and trust among the rural community of southwest Ethiopia.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 634 rural communities of southwest Ethiopia.

Traditional Medicine Practice in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Claim in Jimma Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Purpose: To assess traditional medicine practice claims by the community for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 422 households of Jimma Zone, and the data were collected by interviewing individuals from the selected households. The medicinal plants were recorded on Microsoft excel 2010 with their parts used, dosage form, route of administration and source of plants and tabulated in the table.