Determinants of unmet physical and psychological supportive care needs among adult cancer patients in Southern Ethiopia.

Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of unmet physical and psychological supportive care needs and associated factors among adult patients with cancer in Southern Ethiopia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 321 patients with cancer from 20 June 2022 to 5 August 2022 at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital oncology centre. Simple random sampling technique was used to recruit participants.

Informed choice and its associated factors among women received immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptives at public hospitals in Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia, 2022.

Introduction: It is crucial to ensure the quality of family planning (FP) services through women's informed choice during the provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives. In Ethiopia, previous studies have focused on the quality of family planning services. However, much emphasis was not given to the informed choice of immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), particularly in the study area.

Nutritional status and its determinants among adolescents with HIV on anti-retroviral treatment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: This review aimed to determine what methods are used to assess nutritional status, the levels of nutritional status, determinants of undernutrition, and nutritional interventions employed for adolescents with HIV on Anti-Retroviral Therapy follow-up in Low- and Middle-Income countries.

Methods: Established methods were used to systematically identify and retrieve studies published in five databases between January 2000 to May 2021, and citation searching. Quality was appraised and findings were synthesized using narrative analysis and meta-analysis.