Publications by authors named "Girish Degavi"

Article Synopsis
  • The transmission rate of HIV from mother to child in Ethiopia is around 15.7%, despite available antiretroviral treatments.
  • A study conducted on 422 HIV-exposed infants and their mothers revealed that only 3.8% of infants tested positive for HIV at the end of the follow-up period.
  • Key predictors for mother-to-child transmission include poor infant adherence to cotrimoxazole preventive therapy, lack of father's ART enrollment, the infant's age at enrollment, timing of mother's PMTCT enrollment, and mother's clinical health stage.
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Introduction: health care workers are at greatest risk to being infected with COVID-19 in health care facilities. This study is focused on assessing the level of practice and factors affecting practice towards COVID-19 among health care workers in health care facility of West Guji Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia.

Methods: health facility based cross-sectional study design was carried out from December 1 to 30 2020 among health care providers in West Guji Zone.

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Introduction: The production of waste is due to the result of commercial activities, consumption, and utilization of products or materials. It is further believed that mainly solid waste includes non-harmful waste which may be from households, mainly kitchens, and even from organizations and institutions, shops and various types of markets, and manufacturing industries. Solid waste handling, management, and accurate and appropriate disposal is a hot topic relating to public and environmental health concerns.

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Background: Broadening access to healthcare (ART) antiretroviral therapy has led to a 19% reduction in the death rate of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. This study would also describe the status and deciding factors of ART in (TB) tuberculosis centers in public hospitals of Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, for (LTFU) lost follow-up among (RVI) retroviral infected patients.

Methods: Hospital-based, unrivalled analysis of the case management (3:1) design was conducted.

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Background: Impotence incidence in patients with elevated glycemic index valuesis 30%-69.01%. While impotence is very prevalent among diabetic men, the condition is mostly left unaddressed and needs assessment and care.

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Introduction: occupational risk of HIV and low utilization of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among nurses has become a global public health concern. According to the International Labor Organization estimates, 2.02 million people die each year from work-related accidents or diseases.

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With a view to improve cardiac rehabilitation, an evaluative study was undertaken to assess the impact of planned teaching programme on 40 staff nurses of a hospital in Belgaum (Karnataka). The findings indicated that there was significant improvement in knowledge of staff nurses along various parameters after administering planned teaching programme.

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