Determinants of anemia among patients receiving cancer chemotherapy in Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) is a hematologic complication that frequently affects patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. It is associated with worse treatment outcomes, higher rates of morbidity and mortality, worse quality of life, and higher healthcare costs. The incidence and predictors of CIA in Ethiopia, particularly in Northwest Ethiopian oncology centers, are poorly understood.

Chloroquine has shown high therapeutic efficacy against uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in southern Ethiopia: seven decades after its introduction.

Background: Plasmodium vivax malaria is a leading cause of morbidity in Ethiopia. The first-line treatment for P. vivax is chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ), but there have been local reports of CQ resistance.

Health-related quality of life and associated factors among health care providers in the northwest of Ethiopia: a multicenter cross-sectional study, 2023.

Background: The diminished quality of life among healthcare providers (HCPs) could impact both their personal well-being and their ability to effectively fulfill healthcare needs and provide necessary facilities to the public. Furthermore, this decline in quality of life may also significantly influence the overall health of HCPs, regardless of their professional training and duties.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors among healthcare providers at comprehensive specialized hospitals in the Northwest Ethiopia.

Predictors of antipsychotics switching among ambulatory patients with schizophrenia in Ethiopia: a multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Introduction: A change of therapy from one to another antipsychotic medication is currently the main challenge of therapy. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of antipsychotic medication switches and determinants among patients with schizophrenia in Northwest Ethiopia.

Methods: Multi-center hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at five Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals found in Northwest Ethiopia from April 30, 2021, to August 30, 2021.

Potential drug-drug interaction and its determinants among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy in oncology centres of Northwest Ethiopia: an institutional-based cross-sectional study.

Objective: The study was conducted to assess potential drug-drug interactions (PDDIs) and its determinants among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Design And Setting: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was used. This study was conducted from 1 June 2021 to 15 December 2021, in Northwest Ethiopia oncology centres.

Navigating the Challenges: Predictors of Non-Adherence to Psychotropic Medications Among Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses in Ethiopia.

Background: Psychotropic medications, consisting of antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and anxiolytics, are the pillars of managing mental illnesses. Since there is impairment in judgment, attitude, and stability in patients with severe mental conditions, they are vulnerable to non-adherence, which compromises treatment outcome. Nevertheless, a lack of studies investigating medication non-adherence and its predictors in severe mental illnesses patients in Ethiopia has been noticed.

Ecopharmacology: Knowledge, Attitude, and Medication Disposal Practice Among Pharmacy Students.

Background: Ecopharmacology, as a form of drug management for the environment, focuses on the impact of drugs on the environment. Pharmacists, and by extension pharmacy students, are expected to play an important role in ecopharmacology. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the knowledge and attitude towards ecopharmacology and the practice of disposal of leftover or expired medicines among pharmacy students.

Safety and therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at Shecha health centre, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.

Background: In 2004, Ethiopia adopted artemether-lumefantrine (AL, Coartem) as first-line treatment for the management of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Continuous monitoring of AL therapeutic efficacy is crucial in Ethiopia, as per the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation. This study aimed to assess the therapeutic efficacy of AL in the treatment of uncomplicated P.

Vaccinated Healthcare Workers' Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention Measures and Associated Factors in Northwest Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Long-term protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection does not appear to be possible by either infection or vaccination. Thus, traditional herd immunity seems impossible.

Therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in Seacha area, Arbaminch Zuria District, South West Ethiopia.

Background: Declining efficacy of chloroquine against Plasmodium vivax malaria has been documented in Ethiopia. Thus, there is a need to assess the efficacy of alternative schizontocidal anti-malarials such as dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ) in P. vivax malaria-infected patients.