Publications by authors named "Melkamu Tiruneh"
Objectives: This study investigated the nutritional quality and adequacy of school meals served to school-age children and adolescents.
Methods: A total of 55 food samples were collected from 11 food types served for breakfast and lunch at 15 selected school kitchens. Each meal was weighed using a digital scale.
Objective: This study evaluated the impact of the Addis Ababa School Feeding Program (SFP) on educational outcomes.
Design: Single-group repeated measurement/longitudinal study design and multistage stratified sampling design were followed. Effect sizes estimates, repeated measures ANOVA, Chi-square, Generalised Additive Mixed Model and mixed effects negative binomial regression were used.
Background: Malnutrition hampers educational performance of schoolchildren coming from low-income families. School feeding program was, thus, launched in public primary schools in Addis Ababa very recently. It is, thus, important to measure the initial nutritional status of participating students to see the effect of the program on their nutritional wellbeing.
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- Prompt treatment of malaria is crucial, as delays can lead to severe health consequences, so understanding what causes these delays is important.
- A study in NorthWest Ethiopia interviewed 318 malaria patients to find factors that contributed to their delays in seeking treatment, using methods like logistic regression for analysis.
- Key findings showed that low income, lack of community health insurance, and long travel distances significantly increased the likelihood of delays, suggesting that enhancing outreach and insurance enrollment could help reduce these delays.