One-year discontinuation among users of the contraceptive pill and injection in South East Tigray region, Ethiopia.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the 12 months' discontinuation rate and associated factors among family planning clients using pills and injection.

Methods: A follow-up study was initiated to collect data from 845 family planning users between November 2017 and December 2018. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used to collect data from participants.

Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and risk of still birth in hospitals of Tigray region Ethiopia.

Background: Pregnancy may represent a time of exceptional vulnerability to intimate partner violence because of changes in women's conditions. Despite the fact that intimate partner violence during pregnancy confers considerable risk to the health of the woman and her fetus, data regarding to association of stillbirth and intimate partner violence is lacking in Tigray region. The objective of this study is to assess intimate partner violence during pregnancy and its association with still birth among postpartum mothers in hospitals in Tigray Region of Ethiopia.