Recovery time from severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among under-5 children in Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Recovery time from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is often a neglected topic despite its clinical impact. Although a few studies have examined nutritional recovery time, the length of hospitalization in those studies varied greatly. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the recovery time from SAM and to identify predictors of length of hospitalization among under-5 children.

Retraction Note: Determinants of suboptimal breastfeeding practice in Debre Berhan town, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1186/s13006-016-0063-z.].

Determinants of suboptimal breastfeeding practice in Debre Berhan town, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.

Background: Optimal breastfeeding is inextricably linked to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. Breastfeeding is safe, promotes sensory and cognitive development and contains antibodies that protect infants from common childhood illnesses. The objective of this study was to assess suboptimal breastfeeding and its determinants factors among mothers who have children below 23 months old in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the disclosure of HIV-positive status and its associated factors to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic follow-up at Mekelle Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia.

Patients And Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Mekelle hospital. Samples of 324 individuals were selected by using systematic random sampling techniques from July 1 until July 30, 2013.

Disclosure of HIV seropositive status to sexual partners and its associated factors among patients attending antiretroviral treatment clinic follow up at Mekelle Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.

Background: Disclosure of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) positive status has a key role in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The failure of people infected with HIV to disclose their positive status can expose their sexual partners to the virus. Identifying the factors associated with status disclosure is a priority issue as high proportion of people living with HIV do not discloses their status and to design appropriate strategy to deal with the issues this involves.