Publications by authors named "Migbnesh Gebremedhin Weledegebriel"
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- The study aimed to assess the prevalence of antibacterial resistance in hospitalized patients in Tigray, focusing on septic medical cases from March 2020 to January 2021.
- A total of 153 patients were analyzed, where 55% of samples collected showed bacterial infections, and 45.6% of these patients demonstrated resistance to at least one antibiotic.
- The most common resistant isolates were identified, with high resistance rates to ampicillin, cotrimoxazole, and ciprofloxacin, indicating the need for enhanced antimicrobial stewardship initiatives to address this issue.
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- * Infection prevention and control practices were found to be inadequate, with over 85% of healthcare workers not utilizing essential protective equipment and lacking proper isolation areas for COVID-19 cases.
- * Significant risk factors for COVID-19 infection included the absence of isolation areas, re-use of personal protective equipment, showing symptoms, and the profession, particularly among doctors and anesthetists.
The war and siege in Tigray led millions to displace internally. More than three-fourths of the health facilities were either destroyed or not functional as the equipment and other resources were stolen. Furthermore, the remaining functioning health facilities were flooded beyond their capacity, resulting in many patients received treatment late, and ending with complications including life loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBack Ground: HIV/AIDS remained among the common public health problems in developing country. Despite the extensive delivery of ART and improved coverage of the service access, still, man-made problems like war have negatively influenced the utilization of antiretroviral treatment services. The war in Tigray Region in the northern Ethiopia broke out in November 2020 and thereby has brought about an extreme damage on most of the infrastructure in Tigray, including the health institutions.
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