Background: Standard precautions are basic level of infection control precautions in the care of all patients to reduce the risk of transmission of blood-borne and other pathogens from both recognized and unrecognized ...

Background: Presbyopia is an age-related loss of lens accommodation that results in an inability to focus at near distances. Globally, 2.2 billion people have vision impairment. Of these, at least 1 billion, mainly ...

Background: Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan countries most affected by high disease burden reflected by the high rates of maternal and child mortality. There is limited research evidence in Ethiopia, which indicates the ...

Background: Hand-arm vibration is vibration transmitted from a work process into workers hand and arm. People who use jackhammers, chainsaws, grinders and drills are at risk of contracting HAV. Long term excessive ...

Background: Postpartum phase, the first six weeks post-delivery, is a challenging time for mothers worldwide, involving psychological, physiological, and biological changes. Regular exercise during postpartum is among ...

Background: Birth injury (BI) is as an impairment of the neonate‟s body function or structure due to an adverse influence that occurred during labor and delivery. In Ethiopia, intra-partum related complications‟ including ...

Background: Occupational injury is any unintentional physical damage or harm to the body tissue from occupational exposure. The job of waste cleaners are characterized by highly lifting, pulling, carrying and pushing ...

Background: - Despite global progress, 40 percent of TB cases in Africa and 29% in Ethiopia are under-detected or under-reported. Ethiopia accounts for 3% of annually 3 million people with TB in the world. The knowledge ...

Background: Surgical site infection is the most frequent healthcare-associated infection following cesarean delivery and is linked to higher maternal morbidity and mortality rates. Estimated incidence rates of post-cesarean ...

Background: Psychiatric disorders represent 14% of the world's disease burden and have been a public health problem globally. One of the biggest obstacles to treating mental illness is non adherence to psychiatric ...