Dietary diversity and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months attending a public health hospital in Awi zone, Ethiopia, 2023.

Background: Inadequate dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months remains a public problem in Ethiopia. Adequate dietary diversity is crucial for children to meet their nutritional demands and promote healthy growth and development in infancy and young childhood.

Objective: The study aimed to assess dietary diversity and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Awi Zone, Ethiopia, 2023.

Utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets and associated factors among households in Pawie District, Benshangul Gumuz, Northwest Ethiopia.

Introduction: Insecticide-treated bed nets are often used as a physical barrier to prevent infection of malaria. In Sub-Saharan Africa, one of the most important ways of reducing the malaria burden is the utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets. However, there is no sufficient information on the utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets and their associated factors in Ethiopia.

Patient, examination, and system factors associated with completed follow-up for probably benign (BI-RADS 3) breast findings in a large, complex health care system.

Rationale And Objectives: To investigate patient, examination, and system factors associated with follow-up completion for probably benign breast (BI-RADS 3) findings.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective review identified all BI-RADS 3 mammography, ultrasound, and MRI reports (index studies) for unique patient encounters at a large multi-institution Health Care System Jan 1-Dec 31, 2021. Electronic health record supplied patient demographics and examination type; Radiology Information System supplied ordering and scheduling information.

Vaccines coverage and associated factors among children aged 12-23 months in the Pawie district, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Although access to vaccines for children is increasing at healthcare facilities, outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases and deaths have been reported in different areas of the Benishangul Gumuz region, in Ethiopia. Various interventions have been designed to provide vaccines for each child at an appropriate age. Still there is limited information on full vaccination coverage and associated factors among children aged 12-23 months in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, particularly in the Pawie district.

Home-Made Lateral Flow Test Strip Versus POC-CCA Assay for Detection of Active Schistosomiasis in Egypt.

Background: For years, the Kato-Katz (KK) technique has been considered the gold standard for diagnosing schistosomiasis. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of our previously developed gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow test strip (AuNPs-LFTS) for diagnosing active Schistosoma mansoni with that of the commercially available point-of-care Circulating Cathodic Antigen detection (POC-CCA) kit.

Methods: In this study, we collected sixty positive and twenty negative urine samples from patients in endemic hot spots in the Nile Delta, as well as from patients visiting the internal medicine clinic at Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI).