Food Insecurity and Its Associated Factors Among Lactating Mothers in Yirgalem Town, South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Food insecurity is a state in which people do not have both physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet their dietary needs. Food insecurity affects all nations despite that it is high in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia. There is limited information on the magnitude of food insecurity and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Ethiopia.

Sexual dysfunction and its associated factors among reproductive-age women at Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2023.

Introduction: Female sexual dysfunction is commonly neglected, under-investigated, and under-treated in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and its associated factors of female sexual dysfunction among reproductive-aged women at Gurage zone hospitals, in southern Ethiopia.

Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 424 reproductive-age group women.

Early Baby Bathing Practice and its Associated Factors Among Mothers who Give Birth in the Past One Month in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia, 2022.

Background: Ethiopia has still suffered the highest burden of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The World Health Organization's practical guide for the thermal protection of newborns recommends delaying the bathing of newborns for at least 24 h following delivery, as it is crucial to prevent neonatal mortality and morbidity and to achieve 2030 sustainable development goals. However, little is known about delayed newborn bathing practices in Ethiopia.