Background: Men who have sex with men have been disproportionately affected with HIV and anal intercourse carrying more risk of HIV than vaginal intercourse for receptors, which coupled with other factors such as not ...

Background: Male partner participation in PMTCT is a crucial component to optimize antenatal care/prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV service. But male involvement in prevention of Mother to child ...

Background:Poor menstrual hygiene has devastating effects among girls and women.For-instance,blood and tissue loss during menstruation if not properly handled exposes the female body to bacterial issues which may include;genital ...

Background: Ethiopia has Made Progress in expanding coverage of comprehensive Emergency Obstetric care (CEmOC) services. However, maternal mortality remains high at 412/ 100,000 live births. Most studies has focused on ...

Background:A majority of maternal deaths are considered preventable, if pregnant women are prepared for birth and complications and have timely access to appropriate interventions when obstetric complications occur. Objective: ...

Introduction: Birth spacing is a gap between two consecutive births which refers to resting period that allows the mother time to recover from pregnancy and labor. The World Health Organization recommends a birth interval ...

The Ethiopian government's health extension program is a creative strategy to guarantee health equity by generating demand for basic healthcare services by delivering relevant health information to households in both rural ...

Introduction: Fertility is an important component of population dynamics which plays a major role in changing the size and structure of a given population. United Nation Estimated that Ethiopia remains the second populous ...

Stillbirth is defined as a baby born dead at 28 weeks of gestation or more, with a birth weight of ≥1000 gram, or a body length of ≥35 cm. It is an adverse pregnancy outcome of public health importance causing considerable ...

Background: Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods are known to be convenience, cost effective and suitable for many women. Despite the Ethiopian government’s emphasis on the provision of long-acting contraceptive ...