Treatment outcome and survival status among adult patients treated for lupus nephritis in selected tertiary hospitals of Ethiopia.

Lupus nephritis (LN) is kidney involvement of systematic lupus erythematous that ranges from mild to severe and occurs in 60% of adult patients. Despite advances in therapy, LN morbidity and mortality remains high. There is a paucity of data regarding adult LN patient's treatment outcome, survival status, and associated factors in developing countries, particularly in Ethiopia.

Treatment burden and regimen fatigue among patients with HIV and diabetes attending clinics of Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital.

Nascent studies showed that patients with chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and HIV/AIDS are highly vulnerable to face both treatment burden and regimen fatigue. However, an attempt made so far in this sphere in sub-Saharan African health care context is dearth. Thus, this study aimed to determine the level of treatment burden and regimen fatigue of diabetic and HIV patients attending adult diabetic and ART clinics of TASH and explore patients' and health care workers' propositions to reduce treatment burden and regimen fatigue.

Medication related problems among ambulatory patients with chronic kidney disease at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Background: Medication related problem (MRP) is an event occurring, as a result, the medication therapy that actually or potentially interferes with desired health outcomes. Evidences reported that the prevalence of MRPs may result in a high burden of morbidity and decrease patients' quality of life. The problem is more significant among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a decline in kidney function and increase number of medications required to treat kidney disease and its complications.

Treatment burden among patients with heart failure attending cardiac clinic of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study.

Emerging evidences hypothesized that patients with heart failure are susceptible to experience treatment burden. Despite this fact, no attempt was made so far to address this neoteric construct in the sub-Saharan African health care context. Hence, this study aimed to assess patients' and health care providers' perspectives on how to decrease treatment burden among patients with heart failure attending the adult cardiac clinic of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH).

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards insulin self-administration and associated factors among diabetic patients at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Ethiopia.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a common health problem worldwide. Proper insulin administration plays an important role in long term optimal blood sugar control. Adequate knowledge and attitude about insulin self-administration could also improve the management of diabetes and eventually improve the quality of life.

Drug Use Evaluation of Ceftriaxone in Ras-Desta Memorial General Hospital, Ethiopia.

Background: Ceftriaxone is one of the most commonly used antibiotics due to its availability, wide spectrum of activity and low toxicity. However, irrational use of ceftriaxone is one of the current issues in most countries, especially developing ones.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate ceftriaxone utilization in different wards of Ras-Desta Memorial General Hospital (RDMGH) in Ethiopia.

Degree of physician-pharmacist collaboration and influencing factors in a teaching specialized hospital in Ethiopia.

Several studies have found that physician-pharmacist collaboration improves medication therapy outcomes. This study aimed to measure the degree of physician-pharmacist collaboration in Ethiopia, to identify associated factors, and to determine barriers to their collaboration. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 299 health professionals (246 physicians and 53 pharmacists) in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia.

Correction to: Determinants of none-exclusive breast feeding practice among HIV positive women at selected Health Institutions in Ethiopia: case control study.

The authorship list on the original article [1] was incorrect and should instead show as Aklilu Abera Ayele, Kemal Ahmed Seid and Oumer Sada Muhammed. The authors apologise for this error.

Determinants of none-exclusive breast feeding practice among HIV positive women at selected Health Institutions in Ethiopia: case control study.

Objective: Exclusive breast feeding (EBF) has been practiced all over the world as the best way of cost effective feeding practice, particularly in the developing countries. This practice is associated with a lower risk of human immunodeficiency virus transmission than mixed feeding. 'Studies focusing on determinants of EBF among women living with HIV are limited.

Household food insecurity access scale and dietary diversity score as a proxy indicator of nutritional status among people living with HIV/AIDS, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2017.

Background: Both household food insecurity and household dietary diversity have been found reliable in describing the dietary intake of a population. However, it had not been proven as reliable instrument for assessing nutritional status of individuals in a clinical context. There has been a need for evidence on the validity of using proxy and easy dietary indicators for nutritional status.