Physicians' satisfaction with clinical laboratory services at public hospitals in Ethiopia: A national survey.

Introduction: Physician is a central figure in the client list of clinical laboratory. Monitoring physicians' satisfaction with laboratory service is an important indicator of the quality management system and required by international laboratory standards. However, there is no national data on physician satisfaction with laboratory services in Ethiopia.

Patients' satisfaction with clinical Laboratory Services in Public Hospitals in Ethiopia.

Background: Knowing customers' level of satisfaction is relevant to improve and provide quality health care services. In the clinical laboratory, monitoring customers' satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality management system and required by international laboratory standards. However, in Ethiopia, there has not been baseline data about the satisfaction level of patients' with laboratory services at the national level.

Consumption of vitamin A rich foods and dark adaptation threshold of pregnant women at Damot Sore District, Wolayita, Southern Ethiopia.

Background: More than 7.2 million pregnant women in developing countries suffer from vitamin A deficiency. The objective of this study was to assess dark adaptation threshold of pregnant women and related socio-demographic factors in Damot Sore District, Wolayita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Nutritional care and support among adults living with HIV at Hawassa Referral Hospital, southern Ethiopia: A qualitative study.

Background Improving nutritional care and support for people living with HIV (PLHIV) is an integral part of comprehensive HIV treatment according to the National Nutritional Strategy of Ethiopia. However, there is no adequate published study that assesses the nutritional care and support services for adult people living with HIV/ AIDS (PLHIV) in this setting. Objective The objective of the study was to identify the existing nutritional care and support services and determine the challenges facing adults living with HIV at Hawassa Referral Hospital in southern Ethiopia.

Policies and program implementation experience to improve maternal nutrition in Ethiopia.

Background: Maternal undernutrition persists as a serious problem in Ethiopia. Although there are maternal nutrition interventions that are efficacious and effective in improving maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) outcomes, implementation has been limited.

Objective: This study explored needs, perceptions, priorities,facilitatingfactors and barriers to implementation of relevant policies and programs to find opportunities to improve maternal nutrition in Ethiopia

Methods: Background information was compiled and synthesized for a situation analysis.

Changes in nutritional, functional and immunological status of HIV-infected adults with antiretroviral therapy.

Background: Literature has shown that there is vicious cycle between malnutrition and HIV infection. In Ethiopia, antiretroviral therapy (ART) was started about eight years back but, to the best of authors' knowledge, there was no published study that assessed treatment outcome indicators.

Objective: To assess the outcomes of ART from the perspective of nutritional, clinical, functional and immunological status.