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Climate and the Transmission of COVID-19: Exploring the Nexus

Studies suggest that the prevalence of some diseases are determined by climatic factors. By far, it has been proven that some respiratory infections occur due to climate. For instance, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation unfolds that health impacts and deaths from extreme heat are increasing, and these...
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Antimicrobial Resistance: The Subsequent Challenge of Ethiopia’s Health Care System

Antimicrobial Resistance: The Subsequent Challenge of Ethiopia’s Health Care System

The World Health Organization declares that Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. This, in other words, implies that Antibiotics are becoming...
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Malnutrition: The Long Living Death-Trap of Ethiopian Children

Malnutrition: The Long Living Death-Trap of Ethiopian Children

Ethiopia faces many of the agonies faced by an underdeveloped country. However, with all the challenges out there, the country aspires to achieve many of the targets in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). For instance, the second goal of the SDG targets mentions that ending hunger, achieving...
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The Surging Rate of Malnutrition in the Eastern and Nile Basin Countries: Could Irrigation Be a Resolution?

The Surging Rate of Malnutrition in the Eastern and Nile Basin Countries: Could Irrigation Be a Resolution?

For many years, it has been witnessed that the prevalence of malnutrition among many African nations is registered to have a higher magnitude. Countries of the Nile Basin and Eastern African are cases-in-point where there is a significant rate of malnutrition. In that regard, possible mitigating strategies have been...
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Implications of GERD to Achieve Health Related SDG Targets

Implications of GERD to Achieve Health Related SDG Targets

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals which were adopted by the United Nations during the year 2015. These goals are part of the 2030 Development Agenda, and the targets should be met before 2030. The SDGs came into effect in January 2016, and they...
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The Dwindling Public Health Hazard of Ethiopia: TB

The Dwindling Public Health Hazard of Ethiopia: TB

The United Nations has estimated that over 10 million people are infected with tuberculosis (TB). For many years from now, studies have shown that TB is the leading cause of death among people with HIV and also a major contributor to antimicrobial resistance. According to a report by the...
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A REPORT COVID 19 PROJECTION (A Case on Non-pharmaceutical and Vaccine Interventions)

A REPORT COVID 19 PROJECTION (A Case on Non-pharmaceutical and Vaccine Interventions)

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a global pandemic during March 11, 2020. By June 11, 2021, there were 174.4Million confirmed cases across the globe. In Ethiopia, on June 11, 2021, there were 273,678 total number of confirmed cases, and there were 4,231 total reported deaths....
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How Should Ethiopia’s Government Respond to COVID – 19 in a Cost Effective Way?

How Should Ethiopia’s Government Respond to COVID – 19 in a Cost Effective Way?

To support government decision-making to address the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Data Management Center (NDMC) of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) conducted a systematic review of the economic evaluations of public health measures for the prevention and control of pandemics. The study explored literature published between the years...
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