89 results match your criteria: "Tigray Health Research Institute[Affiliation]"

Background: People in war-affected areas are more likely to experience excess mortality with hunger. However, information on the causes of death associated with hunger is often nonexistent. The purpose of this study was to verify and investigate hunger and hunger-related deaths after the Pretoria deal in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Poor maternal nutrition is a significant public health problem, especially in conflict-affected areas. Lactating mothers are particularly vulnerable due to increased nutritional demands. The recent conflict in the Tigray region has resulted in serious crises and disruptions, worsening maternal undernutrition.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Cord care is one component of essential newborn care that reduces newborn morbidity and mortality. Poor cord care practice leads to a large amount of neonatal death due to infection. In Ethiopia, many women give birth at home, where neonates are exposed to unclean cord care practices or application of different traditional substances.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In sub-Saharan Africa, young people are at high risk of HIV infection, representing nearly 4 out of 5 new infections. HIV self-testing (HIVST), a new and proactive testing scheme that involves self-collection of a specimen and interpretation of results, is deemed potentially helpful for increasing testing amongst population groups like young people who do not frequently use routine testing services. This study assessed young people's intention to use HIVST in urban areas of southern Ethiopia drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • - The study focuses on the mental health and wellbeing of Tigrayan refugees and migrants living in Australia, significantly impacted by the ongoing war in Ethiopia's Tigray region in 2020.
  • - A cross-sectional survey involving 241 participants revealed high levels of vicarious trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms, indicating severe psychological effects among the Tigrayan diaspora.
  • - Findings suggest that conflict in one's home country can drastically affect the mental health of individuals living abroad, highlighting the need for psychological support for affected communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • The armed conflict in Tigray from November 2020 to November 2022 led to a significant collapse of the region's healthcare system, heavily affecting the management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in children.
  • A retrospective study compared diabetes care for children before the war (September 2019 to August 2020) with care during the war and siege (September 2021 to August 2022), revealing a drastic increase in diabetes-related complications.
  • Findings indicated a higher rate of diabetic ketoacidosis admissions during the conflict, with malnutrition and lack of healthcare access identified as major triggers, resulting in a case fatality rate that rose from 0% pre-war to 9% during the war.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Evidence generated on utilization of maternal health services during times of conflict can inform the development of targeted interventions. The deadly war in Tigray caused the health system to collapse. However, utilization of maternal health services is not well documented that might help in design effective interventions applicable during armed conflict.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Young people (YP) are disproportionately affected by the HIV pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but testing rates remain low despite global targets of testing 95% of people with HIV infection by 2030. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been recently introduced to reach high-risk population groups such as these. Thus, synthesis of emerging evidence on the acceptability and use of HIVST among YP in SSA is needed so that comprehensive information can be generated to inform policy and practice.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Purpose: The extent of symptoms of depression among patients with breast cancer compared with those without the disease is not well documented in Ethiopia and other sub-Saharan African countries.

Materials And Methods: This study examines the prevalence of symptoms of depression in women with breast cancer (n = 436) compared with those without breast cancer (n = 856) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, through a comparative cross-sectional study using a validated questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The association between breast cancer diagnosis and symptoms of depression was evaluated using a multivariable binary logistic regression model.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objectives: In areas with limited and unaffordable biomedical mental health services, such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), traditional healers are an incredibly well-used source of mental healthcare. This systematic review synthesises the available evidence on traditional healing practices, factors to access it and its effectiveness in improving people's mental health in SSA.

Design: Systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses approach.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) associated diseases remain a global public health issue and linked with Sustainable Development Goal 6. In November 2020, a war broke out in Tigray, Ethiopia, resulting in a negative health consequence. The post war status of WASH and its associated diseases are not documented.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • The Tigray region of Ethiopia has seen around 2.5 million people displaced due to conflict, severely limiting access to essential healthcare services and resulting in inadequate facilities and shortages of supplies.
  • Emergency management within the health system is weak, poorly coordinated, and fragmented between different health sectors, leading to unclear leadership and inefficient service delivery.
  • This disorganization has led to recurrent outbreaks of diseases and highlights the urgent need for reform in the healthcare system, including integrated collaboration among stakeholders and compliance with global and national health frameworks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Child mortality is one of the key indicators of the Sustainable development goals. The Ethiopian healthcare system in general and Tigray's healthcare system in particular has shown a remarkable progress in terms of reducing maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality in the last couple of decades. However, the war erupted in November 2020 caused the healthcare system to collapse and little is known about the status of child mortality in Tigray.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Food insecurity is a state or condition in which people have limited or uncertain physical, social, and economic access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Since no thorough evaluation was carried out to determine the degree of household food insecurity in Tigrayan communities in the aftermath of the conflict. This study aims to describe household-level food insecurity status among pregnant and lactating women during the post-armed conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Despite the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate burden of armed conflicts and HIV infection, there has been inadequate synthesis of the impact of armed conflict on HIV treatment outcomes. We summarized the available evidence on the impact of armed conflicts on HIV treatment outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2002 to 2022.

Methods: We searched four databases; MEDLINE, PubMed, CINHAL, and Scopus.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Urinary tract infections, a prevalent global infectious disease, are clinical issues not well studied in HIV-positive individuals. UTIs have become a global drug resistance issue, but the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of UTI-causing bacteria among HIV patients in Tigray, Ethiopia, are poorly understood. This study aims to identify the prevalence of UTI-causing bacteria, their antibiotic susceptibility patterns, and associated risk factors in HIV patients attending ART clinics at Mekelle General Hospital and Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Neonatal mortality during the war in Tigray: a cross-sectional community-based study.

Lancet Glob Health

May 2024

Maternal and Child Health, Tigray Regional Health Bureau, Tigray, Ethiopia.

Background: Neonatal mortality is among the key national and international indicators of health services. The global Sustainable Development Goal target for neonatal mortality is fewer than 12 deaths per 1000 livebirths, by 2030. Neonatal mortality estimates in the 2019 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey found 25·7 deaths per 1000 livebirths.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: More than 70% of the health facilities in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have been totally or partially destroyed by the recent war in the region. Diagnosis and management of tuberculosis were among many health services that suffered. In this study we assess the status of tuberculosis care in health facilities of Tigray during the recent war and compare it with the immediate pre-war state.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Studies in Ethiopia have indicated that tuberculosis (TB) patient's elapsed a long time before initiating treatment. However, there is very limited evidence on the association of treatment initiation delay with drug resistance. To investigate the association of delayed treatment initiation with drug resistance among newly diagnosed TB patients in Tigray, Ethiopia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: In resource-limited countries with weak healthcare systems, women of reproductive age are particularly vulnerable during times of conflict. In Tigray, Ethiopia, where a war broke out on 04 November 2020, there is a lack of information on causes of death (CoD) among women of reproductive age. This study aims to determine the underlying CoD among women of reproductive age during the armed conflict in Tigray.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

World AIDS Day 2023: time to prioritize perilous HIV medicine.

Confl Health

February 2024

Research Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

Background: World AIDS Day has been observed on the first of December every year. Whilst there are specific themes during the commemoration, the role of conflict on HIV seems neglected and needs prioritization given the rise of conflicts globally.

Discussion: The global HIV response brought substantial reduction of new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths, and increment of antiretroviral therapy coverage.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: species are the most predominant bacterial agents to cause diarrhea in under-five children. It poses a serious challenge to public health worldwide with ongoing acquisition of resistance to different antimicrobials with multiple patterns. Thus, this study aimed to determine the prevalence, and antimicrobial resistance of species, and associated factors among under-five children with diarrhea in selected public health facilities.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Potentially life-threatening maternal conditions (PLTCs) is an important proxy indicator of maternal mortality and the quality of maternal health services. It is helpful to monitor the rates of severe maternal morbidity to evaluate the quality of maternal care, particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries. This study aims to systematically identify and synthesize available evidence on PLTCs.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Access to basic health services, notably child health services, is severely hampered by the armed conflict in Tigray, North Ethiopia. Little is known regarding the impacts of the armed conflict during the war in Tigray on access to child health services. The current study investigates the impact of the armed conflict on the utilization of child health services in Tigray.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: This study seeks to examine the impact of war on maternal mortality following an exacerbation in the dynamics of inequality in maternal health caused by the continuing conflict.

Design: Community-based cross-sectional study.

Setting: Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia, between November 2020 and May 2022.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF