Self-treatment of malaria in rural communities, Butajira, southern EthiopiaWakgari Deressa
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Bull World Health Organ 81:261-8. 2003
..To quantify the use of self-treatment and to determine the actions taken to manage malaria illness...
- Prevalence of urban malaria and assocated factors in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Tesfaye Tilaye
Department of Environmental Health, Gondar College of Health Sciences, Gondar University P O Box 196, Gondar
Ethiop Med J 45:151-8. 2007
..To our knowledge, there has been no malaria prevalence study so far conducted in Gondar Town...
- Household and socioeconomic factors associated with childhood febrile illnesses and treatment seeking behaviour in an area of epidemic malaria in rural Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:939-47. 2007
..3%). Widescale use of vector control measures such as mosquito nets and insecticide spraying of houses can effectively reduce the incidence of febrile illnesses among children...
- Malaria-related health-seeking behaviour and challenges for care providers in rural Ethiopia: implications for control
Wakgari Deressa
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
J Biosoc Sci 40:115-35. 2008
..The authors propose the provision of effective antimalarial drugs and malaria prevention tools such as subsidized or free insecticide-treated nets...
- Economic costs of epidemic malaria to households in rural Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Trop Med Int Health 12:1148-56. 2007
..To estimate the direct and indirect costs of malaria morbidity among communities in an epidemic area in rural Southcentral Ethiopia...
- Substance use and its predictors among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health 11:660. 2011
..This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of substance use and identify factors that influenced the behavior among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia...
- Magnitude of malaria admissions and deaths at hospitals and health centers in Oromia, Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiop Med J 42:237-46. 2004
..In addition, improving the quality of surveillance systems to pick up malaria cases and deaths at health care facilities enables decision makers to evaluate the impact of current interventions against the disease...
- Maternal responses to childhood febrile illnesses in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in rural Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Acta Trop 102:1-9. 2007
..Strengthening peripheral health services and community-based interventions using CHWs at village levels would improve the early diagnosis and treatment of malaria among children...
- Treatment-seeking behaviour for febrile illness in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in rural Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Malar J 6:49. 2007
..Very little is known about the management of malaria and treatment-seeking patterns among children and adults in areas of seasonal malaria transmission particularly in east Africa...
- Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health 9:259. 2009
..The aim of this study was to investigate the local perceptions, practices and treatment seeking behaviour for malaria among women with children under the age of five years...
- Malaria-related mortality based on verbal autopsy in an area of low endemicity in a predominantly rural population in Ethiopia
Wakgari Deressa
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Malar J 6:128. 2007
..The present study was undertaken to assess the magnitude of malaria mortality in a predominantly rural population of Ethiopia using VA technique at Butajira Rural Health Programme (BRHP) Demographic Surveillance Site (DSS)...
- Use of insecticide treated nets by pregnant women and associated factors in a pre-dominantly rural population in northern Ethiopia
Mebrahtom Belay
UNICEF Country Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Trop Med Int Health 13:1303-13. 2008
..To describe the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) among pregnant women and examine factors associated with its access and use...
- Community perceptions and practices about urban malaria prevention and control in Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia
Tesfaye Tilaye
Department of Environmental Health, Gondar College of Health Sciences, Gondar University
Ethiop Med J 45:343-51. 2007
..Yet little is known about the perceptions and practices of urban community about urban malaria prevention and control...
- Prevalence and associated factors of female genital mutilation among Somali refugees in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Getnet Mitike
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health 9:264. 2009
..Eastern Ethiopia hosts a substantial number of refugees originated from Somalia. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a common practice in the area, despite the campaigns to eliminate it...
- Malaria and HIV co-infection in Hadya Zone, southern Ethiopia
Adamu Addissie
Debub University, Awassa, Ethiopia
Ethiop Med J 45:9-17. 2007
..Malaria and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the major priority medical challenges currently facing sub-Saharan Africa, and yet little has been known on the clinical and public health implications of their co-infections...
