Publications by authors named "Eshetie Molla"
Background: Danger signs in pregnancy can warn of maternal health problems. In developing African countries, including Ethiopia, the rate of maternal mortality is high. There is little knowledge of danger signs during pregnancy and their associated factors at the community level in the study area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coronavirus disease is still a global public health emergency. Due to an inadequate healthcare system in low-income nations like Ethiopia, the pandemic has had a devastating impact. Despite this, information on the severity of COVID-19 and related difficulties in Ethiopia is sparse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite the higher mortality rate of breast cancer in low and middle-income countries, the practice of early detection methods is low and the majority of the patients presenting at an advanced stage of the disease need palliative care with low survival rates. Although healthcare providers are the key for practicing early detection methods of breast cancer for themselves and their clients, little is known about their knowledge and practice of early detection methods of breast cancer in Northcentral Ethiopia.
Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among female healthcare providers at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialised Hospital.
Article Synopsis
- Institutional delivery rates for maternal and child health show significant discrepancies between rural and urban women in East Africa, with Ethiopia having the lowest rate at 21% and Uganda the highest at 74.64%.
- The study utilized Demographic and Health Survey data to analyze these disparities using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, revealing that differences in healthcare access and socio-economic factors primarily drive the urban-rural gap.
- The research highlights that antenatal care frequency, wealth, and parity inequality are crucial factors contributing to the institutional delivery gap, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to reduce these disparities and improve health outcomes.
Background: Intraoperative nausea and vomiting are common intraoperative events by which parturient feel discomfort and disturbed after spinal anesthesia.
Methods: Hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on mothers who underwent cesarean section with spinal anesthesia. Descriptive analysis and chi-square test were employed.