The Digest covers topics on Leadership Training Program for the health
workforce in Ethiopia, update on the World Health Organization recommended
new malaria vaccine, non-communicable diseases burden and treatment, and ...
Objective The study aimed to assess the utilisation
of growth monitoring and promotion services and the
associated factors among mothers of children under 2
years old in Gondar Zuria District, northwest Ethiopia.
Resham B. Khatri; Peter S. Hill; Eskinder Wolka; Frehiwot Nigatu; Anteneh Zewdie; Yibeltal Assefa(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, 2023-07-28)
The understanding of primary health care (PHC) has evolved significantly, evident in key World Health Organization (WHO) reports, promoting PHC as a means for health for all, identifying key health systems reforms and ...
Resham B Khatri; Daniel Erku; Aklilu Endalamaw; Eskinder Wolka; Frehiwot Nigatu; Anteneh Zewdie; Yibeltal Assefa(2023)
Background: Multisectoral actions (MSAs) on health are key to implementation of primary health care (PHC) and achieving the targets of the Sustainable Development Goal 3. However, there is limited understanding and ...
Aklilu Endalamaw; Resham B Khatri; Daniel Erku; Frehiwot Nigatu; Anteneh Zewdie; Eskinder Wolka; Yibeltal Assefa(2023)
Background: Quality health services build communities' and patients' trust in health care. It enhances the acceptability of services and increases health service coverage. Quality primary health care is imperative for ...
Background: Healthcare coordination and continuity of care conceptualize all care providers and organizations involved in health care to ensure the right care at the right time. However, systematic evidence synthesis is ...
Kemal Hussein; Gilbert Kokwaro; Francis Wafula; Getnet Mitike Kassie(BMC Women's Health, 2024-01-02)
Background Cervical cancer is the second cause of cancer deaths among Ethiopian women. Despite multifaceted
government efforts, the uptake and utilization of cervical cancer screening remain very low. This study aimed ...
Introduction Existing scoping reviews on the link
between primary healthcare (PHC) and universal health
coverage (UHC) have not sufficiently addressed the
underlying causal mechanisms in which key strategic
and ...
Community engagement (CE) is an essential component in a primary health care (PHC)
and there have been growing calls for service providers to seek greater CE in the planning,
design, delivery and evaluation of PHC services. ...
Aklilu Endalamaw; Daniel Erku; Resham B. Khatri; Frehiwot Nigatu; Eskinder Wolka; Anteneh Zewdie; Yibeltal Assefa(2023)
Background Primary health care (PHC) is a roadmap for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). There were
several fragmented and inconclusive pieces of evidence needed to be synthesized. Hence, we synthesized evidence
to ...
Esmael Ali Muhammad, Melkamu Tamir Hunegnaw, Kedir Abdela Gonete, Netsanet Worku, Kasahun Alemu, Zegeye Abebe, Tigist Astale, Getnet Mitike & Aysheshim Kassahun Belew(BMC health service research, 2023)
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-2 aims to eliminate child hunger or end all forms of child malnutrition by 2030. To achieve this goal the cost-effective method is the implementation of growth monitoring ...
Welcome to the third volume of the International Institute for Primary Health
Care-Ethiopia’s (IPHC-E) Primary Health Care Digest! The purpose of the
Digest is to share the latest news and research on primary health care ...
Malnutrition in Ethiopia is still a major public health problem. Effective growth monitoring activities are difficult to integrate with local circumstances and a national program and are also given less weight. Therefore, ...
Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in improving access to health ser-
vices to a broader population; particularly to communities living in remote areas. However,
the productivity of CHWs is affected ...
There was limited data on the experiences and roles of sub-national health systems in the response against COVID-19 in Ethiopia. This study explored how sub-national primary health care units and coordinating bodies in ...
Pandemics historically have been more devastating than any other sort of disaster due to their
worldwide spread causing significant morbidity and mortality. In the past few decades, the world has
experienced severe acute ...
Zemichael Gizaw; Tigist Astale; Getnet Mitike Kassie(BMC Primary Care, 2022)
To compile key strategies from the international experiences to improve access to primary healthcare (PHC) services in rural communities. Different innovative approaches have been practiced in different parts of the world ...
Inadequate intake of food is one of the causes of malnutrition and has significant impact on the deaths of children in low-income countries. Community-based management of acute malnutrition was endorsed as a strategy to ...
Background: Hypertension is a serious public health issue in Ethiopia, but there is a paucity of evidence in the country's rural areas. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its risk ...
Mulusew G. Jebena*, Million Tesfaye , Gudina Abashula , Sena Balina , Ruth Jackson , Yibeltal Assefa , Yibeltal Kifle, Chala Tesfaye , Melaku Yilma , Abiy Hiruy , Alula Teklu , Bezawit Adugna Bahru, Esubalew Assefa, Mekdes Demissie, Getnet Mitike and Kora Tushune(BMC health service research, 2022)
We explored the barriers and facilitators of maternal health care service use among women in the pastoralist region of Ethiopia.
We used a mixed methods design—focus group discussions, key informant interviews, review ...