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Infrastructure dev't well in progress in Hawassa

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Construction of roads and infrastructure development is well in progress in Hawassa Town, South Ethiopia Peoples' State capital, with close to 170 million Birr, the town Municipality has said. Infrastructure development expansion project Coordinator with the Municipality, Mebratie Melesse stated that the projects include, construction of cobblestone roads and flood canals, upgrading of gravel roads to asphalt level, installation of lampposts and traffic signals, among others.  Accordingly, over 60 million Birr of the stated sum goes to construction of 25km cobblestone roads being carried out in the town. So far 7km of construction of the cobblestone road is completed. Construction of the road created over 6000 jobs.  Upgrading of 17km gravel road to asphalt level is also underway with 47 million Birr. Some 40 per cent of upgrading of the road is already finalized and the work is expected to be finalized until early next Ethiopian year.  He said installation of lamppo

The 2013 Hawassa Trade, Development and Tourism International Exhibition and Bazaar, 19-28 of April 2013

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http://www.indo-ethio.biz/index.php/en/trade-information/138-the-2013-hawassa-trade-development-and-tourism-international-exhibition-and-bazaar-19-28-of-april-2013

Economic Cost of Malaria on Sidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia

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Wondwosen Gebeyaw Kassa  Independent March 7, 2013 Abstract:        Malaria remains one of the major health problems in Ethiopia as in Sidama Zone, Southern People’s Nations and Nationalities Region. Though it fairly gets attention as a health problem, its cost on the economy stayed unnoticed. In the thesis, ‘Economic Cost of Malaria on Sidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia’, an attempted has made to investigate and estimate the economic cost of malaria morbidity and mortality on households and public Health institutions in Sidama Zone. To conduct the study, cross sectional household survey of randomly selected 100 households from rural setting of Sidama Zone has been done. Data collected by interview using the structured questionnaire and interviewing key informants from March 15 – April 01, 2011. Desk review done using checklist. The study area was chosen based on the agro-ecological feature and malaria prevalence of the Zone. The collected data analyzed using SPSS software; the findin

Patient satisfaction on tuberculosis treatment service and adherence to treatment in public health facilities of Sidama zone, South Ethiopia

Research article Abstract (provisional) Background Patient compliance is a key factor in treatment success. Satisfied patients are more likely to utilize health services, comply with medical treatment, and continue with the health care providers. Yet, the national tuberculosis control program failed to address some of these aspects in order to achieve the national targets. Hence, this study attempted to investigate patient satisfaction and adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Sidama zone of south Ethiopia. Methods A facility based cross sectional study was conducted using quantitative method of data collection from March to April 2011. A sample of 531 respondents on anti TB treatment from 11 health centers and 1 hospital were included in the study. The sample size to each facility was allocated using probability proportional to size allocation, and study participants for the interview were selected by systematic random sampling. A Pre tested, interviewer administered ques

ድንገተኛ የወሊድ መቆጣጠሪያን ያለአግባብ የመጠቀም ልማድ መስፋፋቱ አሳሳቢ ሆኗል

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አዲስ አበባ፣ ሚያዚያ 9 ፣ 2005 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ)  ድንገተኛ የወሊድ መቆጣጠሪያ /ፖስት ፒል/ን ያለአግባብ የመጠቀም ልምድ በአሳሳቢ ሁኔታ እየተስፋፋ መምጣቱን የጤና ባለሙያዎች ይገልፃሉ ፡፡ ይህ መድሃኒት አንዲት ሴት ተገዳ ወይም ሳታስብ በፈጸመችው ወሲብ ላልተፈለገ እርግዝና እንዳትዳረግ ለመከላከል የሚመረት የወሊድ መቆጣጠሪያ ነው ። አንዳንድ የመድሃኒት መደብር ባለቤቶች ለፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት እንደገለፁት ግን ፥ መድሃኒቱን በተደጋጋሚ እየገዙ የሚጠቀሙ ሴቶች አጋጥሟቸዋል። አስተያየት ሰጪዎቹ መድሃኒቱን ቋሚ የወሊድ መቆጣጠሪያ አደርገው የመጠቀሙ ልማድ እየተስፋፋ መጥቷል ይላሉ ። ያነጋገርናቸው የጤና ባለሙያዎች እንደሚሉት ፥ ሰዎች በዚህ መድሃኒት ተማምነው የሚፈጽሙት ጥንቃቄ የጎደለው ወሲብ ሊፈጠር ይችላል ተብሎ ከሚታሰበው የእርግዝና ስጋት በበለጠ ኤች አይ ቪ/ኤድስን ጨምሮ ለተለያዩ የአባላዘር በሽታዎች እየዳረጋቸው ነው። በተለይም ባለትዳሮች ፣ ወጣቶችና ከአንድ በላይ የፍቅር ጓደኛ ያላቸው ሁሉ አማራጫቸውን ሌሎች የእርግዝና መከላከያ ዘዴዎችን እንዲያደርጉ ነው የሚመክሩት ። በጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር በከተማ ጤና ማበልጸግና በሽታ መከላከል ረዳት ዳይሬክተር አቶ ስንታየሁ አበባ እንደሚሉት ፥ ሚኒስቴር መስሪያ ቤቱ መድሀኒቱን ወደ ሀገር ውስጥ እንዲገባ ሲያደርግ ዓላማው አሁን ሰዎች ከሚተገብሩት ልምድ ጋር ፈጽሞ የተራራቀ እንደሆነ ይናገራሉ። ተገዳ የተደፈረች ሴትና የእርግዝና መከላከያ ባልተወሰደበት ሁኔታ ለተፈጸመ የግብረስጋ ግንኙነት እርግዝናን ለመከላከል እንዲቻል የሚያስችል መፍትሄ ሆኖ ሳለ በተለይ ወጣቶች አማራጮች ባልጠፉበት ሁኔታ እንደ አንድ ወሊድ መቋጣጠሪያ አድርገው መውሰዳቸው አግባብ እንዳልሆነም ነው የተናገሩት ። ይህን