WHO/INRUD prescribing indicators with a focus on antibiotics utilization patterns at outpatient department of Adigrat general hospital, Tigrai, Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines rational use of drug as a state in which medications are received by patients appropriately according to their clinical needs and individual requirement, for adequate period and at the right cost. More than 50% of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed, or sold inappropriately worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the prescribing patterns in Adigrat general hospital, Tigrai, Ethiopia.

Patients' satisfaction with post-operative pain management in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: surgical patients often suffer from inadequate treatment of post-operative pain which potentially results in numerous adverse medical consequences and is a recurring source of patients' dissatisfaction. Thus, this study aimed to investigate patient's satisfaction with their post-operative pain management and its determinants among surgically treated patients in a specialized hospital within Ethiopia.

Methods: an institutional-based prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the surgical ward of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.

Antimalarial Evaluation of Crude Extract, Solvent Fractions, and TLC-Isolated Compounds from Linn subsp. (Oleaceae).

Malaria is a major global public health problem caused by parasites. Drug resistance is becoming a great challenge. New drugs with novel mechanism of action are urgently required.