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INFANT MORTALITY IN THE RURAL SIDAMA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: EXAMINING THE CONTRIBUTION OF KEY PREGNANCY AND POSTNATAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

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Nigatu Regassa Hawassa University, P.O. BOX 679, Hawassa, SNNPR, Ethiopia Korespondenční autor:  Nigatu Regassa (negyon@yahoo.com) ISSN 1804-7181 (On-line) Full verze: Submitted: 22. 1. 2012 Accepted: 17. 5. 2012 Published online: 28. 6. 2012 Summary Objectives: This study is aimed at examining the contribution of selected pregnancy and postnatal health care services to Infant Mortality (IM) in Southern Ethiopia. Method: Data were collected from 10 rural villages of the Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, using a structured interview schedule. The 1,094 eligible women respondents were selected using a combination of simple random and multi-stage sampling techniques. The main outcome variable of the study (IM) was measured by reported infant deaths during the twelve months preceding the survey, and was estimated at 9.6% or 96 infant deaths per 1,000 births. Pregnancy and health care variables were used as the main explanatory variables along with other household and individu

Ethiopia: Lifesaving mother and child care in the Sidama mountains

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Aroressa is a beautiful, green mountainous area, with small coffee plantations irrigated by natural waterfalls and streams that meander down the steep slopes of the valleys, with cliffs falling 300 metres and more. At the bottom, cattle graze alongside the streams and children play outside onion shaped huts, typical of the Sidama zone, south of Ethiopia. Two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) programmes are located in these highlands, separated by dusty mountain roads of more than 80 kilometres. The beauty of the area can deceive the visitor regarding the very serious health problems faced by the population. Health centres are scarce; as are qualified medical personnel, and maternal and child mortality rates are high. The mountainous terrain makes it difficult for pregnant women to trek to their nearest health centre, which could be 20 or more kilometres away. MSF teams have met many stranded people ferrying sick people or pregnant women to a nearby health centre while driving or

ሃዋሳ ዩኒቨርስቲ በአካባቢ ጥበቃ ላይ ትኩረት ሰጥቶ እንደሚሰራ አስታወቀ

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አዋሳ ግንቦት 30/2005 የሀዋሳ ዩኒቨርሰቲ የአካባቢ ጥበቃ ጉዳይ ከሁሉም የትምህርትና የምርምር ዘርፎቹ ጋር አቀናጅቶ የተሻለ ለውጥ ለማምጣት ትኩረት ሰጥቶ እንደሚሰራ አስታወቀ፡፡ የዩኒቨርሰቲው ተማሪዎችና መምህራን አለም አቀፍ የአካባቢ ቀን በችግኝ ተከላ፣ በጽዳት ዘመቻ፣ በእግር ጉዞና በፓናል ውይይት ትናንት በሀዋሳ ከተማ አክብረዋል፡፡ በበዓሉ ላይ ዩኒቨርስቲው የቢዝነስና ልማት ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ዶክተር ንጋቱ ረጋሳ እንደገለጹት ተፈጥሮን በመንከባከብ የምግብ ዋስትናን ለማረጋገጥ በዕወቀት ላይ የተመሰረተና ዘላቂነት ያለው የአካባቢ ጥበቃና ልማት ወሳኝ ነው፡፡ ዪኒቨርስቲው በዚህ ረገድ በተፈጥሮና አካባቢ ጥበቃ ላይ ያተኮሩ በርካታ የምርምር ፕሮግራሞች በግብርናው ዘርፍ እንዳሉት ጠቁመው ይህንን ከሁሉም የትምህርትና የምርምር መስኮች ጋር አቀናጅቶና አስፋፍቶ ለመስራት ትኩረት መስጠቱን ተናግረዋል፡፡ እያንዳንዱ ዲፓርትመንት ስርዓተ ትምርህርት ሲቀርጽ የአካባቢን ጥበቃ ጉዳይ ግምት ውስጥ በማስገባት መስራት እንዳለበት ፕሮፌሰር ንጋቱ ገልጸው በተማሪዎችና በመምህራን የተቋቋመው የአካባቢ ጥበቃ ክለብ ተጠናክሮ ሁሉንም ማህበረሰብ በማሳተፍ እንዲቀሳቀስ ድጋፍ እየሰጡ መሆናቸውን አስረድተዋል፡፡ በአካባቢ ላይ የሚሰሩ ምርምሮችን ዩኒቨርስቲው ያበረታታል ያሉት ፕሮፌሰሩ የአካባቢው ህብረተስብ ስለጉዳዩ ያለውን ግንዛቤ ለማጎልበት በማህበረሰብ ሬዲዮ ጭምር በመጠቀም እየሰራ እንደሚገኝ አስታውቀዋል፡፡ እንዲሁም ከክልሉ የተለያዩ መንግስታዊና መንግስታዊ ካልሆኑ ድርጅቶች ጋር ግንኙነታቸውን አጠናክረው ህዝቡም ከትምህርትና ምርምር ልማት ተጠቃሚ ለማድረግ እሰሩ መሆናቸውን ገልጠዋል፡፡ ዘንድሮ በሀገሪቱ ለ20ኛ በአለም ለ40ኛ ጊዜ የተከበረው የአካባቢ ቀን "አሰብ ፣ተጠ

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This is what happens when you give small farmers the confidence their food will sell-Sidama Elto Farmers’ Cooperative Union in Awassa

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This is what happens when you give small farmers the confidence their food will sell May 22nd, 2013 10:49 AM UTC By  Roger Thurow   We can make food aid more sustainable not by giving away Western food, but by working with local farmers and creating a market for their crops in the region. ONE Agriculture Fellow  Roger Thurow  reports.  Ten years after the Ethiopian famine of 2003, when international food aid rushed in to feed 14 million people, another World Food Program (WFP) tent has been erected on an open field. But this isn’t a scene of food distribution. It is a scene of food purchase. Leonida and her surplus food, stored in this hut. If farmers have the confidence their food will get sold, they will grow more. Photo: Roger Thurow The action happens on the grounds of the Sidama Elto Farmers’ Cooperative Union in Awassa, Ethiopia. Sidama Elto is one of 16 cooperative unions in Ethiopia that have signed forward contracts with the World Food Programme for the purch