Lessons Learned From the Capacity-Building and Mentorship Program to Improve Health Information Systems in 11 Districts of Ethiopia.

Introduction: Health information systems (HIS) performance in Ethiopia is currently insufficient, and improvements are required to ensure that decision making is data driven. We share our experiences from the early-stage implementation of a package of HIS capacity-strengthening interventions as part of an innovative academic-government collaboration that addresses challenges in HIS performance.

Methods: We used routine program data to assess HIS performance using the Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) assessment tools.

Current and Future Needs for Human Resources for Ethiopia's National Health Information System: Survey and Forecasting Study.

Background: Strengthening the national health information system is one of Ethiopia's priority transformation agendas. A well-trained and competent workforce is the essential ingredient to a strong health information system. However, this workforce has neither been quantified nor characterized well, and there is no roadmap of required human resources to enhance the national health information system.

Contribution of health information system to child immunization services in Ethiopia: baseline study of 33 woredas.

Background: Monitoring progress using appropriate data, with a functional health information system (HIS), believed to be very crucial for success of immunization program. Baseline study was conducted to assess, immunization service coverage, HIS performance status, and their relationships.

Methods: A linked facility and population-based survey was conducted concurrently from September 21 to October 15, 2020.

Strengthening the national health information system through a capacity-building and mentorship partnership (CBMP) programme: a health system and university partnership initiative in Ethiopia.

Background: A strong health information system (HIS) is one of the essential building blocks for a resilient health system. The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Ethiopia is working on different initiatives to strengthen the national HIS. Among these is the Capacity-Building and Mentorship Partnership (CBMP) Programme in collaboration with public universities in Ethiopia since November 2017.

Kangaroo Mother Care implementation research to develop models for accelerating scale-up in India and Ethiopia: study protocol for an adequacy evaluation.

Introduction: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is the practice of early, continuous and prolonged skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby with exclusive breastfeeding. Despite clear evidence of impact in improving survival and health outcomes among low birth weight infants, KMC coverage has remained low and implementation has been limited. Consequently, only a small fraction of newborns that could benefit from KMC receive it.

The Ethiopian Health Extension Program and Variation in Health Systems Performance: What Matters?

Background: Primary health care services are fundamental to improving health and health equity, particularly in the context of low and middle-income settings where resources are scarce. During the past decade, Ethiopia undertook an ambitious investment in primary health care known as the Ethiopian Health Extension Program that recorded impressive gains in several health outcomes. Despite this progress, substantial disparities in health outcomes persist across the country.

A descriptive study of the changes in coverage of preventive and promotive interventions before and after the introduction of integrated community case management (ICCM) in Ethiopia.

Background: The effect of integrated community case management (iCCM) of common childhood illness on use of vital preventive services is not known.

Objective: To measure the coverage of maternal and child health preventive and promotive interventions before and after scaling up iCCM.

Methods: In 2011 and 2013, we conducted cross-sectional, population-based, household coverage surveys in four Integrated Family Health Program target regions: Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray.

Effect of integrated community case management of common childhood illnesses on the quality of malaria case management provided by health extension workers at health posts.

Introduction: The Integrated Family Health Program supported the government of Ethiopia to implement the Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) strategy to control childhood illness of which malaria is a major cause.

Objective: To assess the effect of ICCM training on quality of malaria case management at health posts.

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Quality and use of IMNCI services at health center under-five clinics after introduction of integrated community-based case management (ICCM) in three regions of Ethiopia.

Background: The Integrated Management of New born and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) and the related Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) are evidence-based strategies to reduce childhood mortality in Ethiopia at health centres and community health posts, respectively. The effect of introducing iCCM on IMNCI is not known.

Objective: To assess the caseload and quality of lMNCI service in under-five clinics in health centres after iCCM implementation.

Effect of ethiopia's health extension program on maternal and newborn health care practices in 101 rural districts: a dose-response study.

Background: Improving newborn survival is essential if Ethiopia is to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4. The national Health Extension Program (HEP) includes community-based newborn survival interventions. We report the effect of these interventions on changes in maternal and newborn health care practices between 2008 and 2010 in 101 districts, comprising 11.

Effect of depressive symptoms and social support on weight and CD4 count increase at HIV clinic in Ethiopia.

Studies have reported an inverse relationship between depressive symptoms and weight and CD4 gain and a positive association between social support and weight and CD4 gain. The main objective of this study was to explore the effect of depressive symptoms and perceived social support on weight change and CD4 cell progression in an HIV clinic in Ethiopia. The study design was descriptive cross-sectional, with a sample of 1815 HIV-infected adults age 18 years or above.

Correlates of highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence among urban Ethiopian clients.

There has been a massive expansion of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) services in Ethiopia since 2005. To assess clients' self-reported adherence to HAART medication, a descriptive, comparative cross-sectional study was carried out among adults receiving HAART medication at the Zewditu Memorial Hospital ART clinic in Addis Ababa. Of 1 808 clients eligible for the study, 1 722 agreed to participate.

Factors predisposing out-of-school youths to HIV/AIDS-related risky sexual behaviour in northwest Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is a developing country with a demographic profile dominated by a young population. Due to biological, psychological, sociocultural and economic factors, young people, particularly those aged 15-24 years, are generally at a high risk of HIV/AIDS and other reproductive health problems. This paper presents results of a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in Bahir Dar town, northwest Ethiopia, to assess factors that predispose out-of-school youths to HIV/AIDS-related risk behaviours.