Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children in Bale Zone Southeast Ethiopia: Treatment Outcome and its Determinant Factors.

Objective: To assess the treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and its associated factors in children aged 6-59 months in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia.

Design: A multi-institutionally-based, retrospective cross-sectional study design was conducted, based on records from September 11, 2014 to September 11, 2017. Simple random sampling was used to select the records.

Decision-Making Power of Married Women on Family Planning Use and Associated Factors in Dinsho Woreda, South East Ethiopia.

Background: Women's decisions on family planning use have multiple benefits to the family and community at large. In developing countries like Ethiopia, the choice of women to use a contraceptive is challenged by social and environmental factors that mitigate their ability to decide independently and freely. This study therefore determined the level of women's decision-making power on family planning use and associated factors among married women in the study area.