Kangaroo mother care: a randomized controlled trial on effectiveness of early kangaroo mother care for the low birthweight infants in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaBogale Worku
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
J Trop Pediatr 51:93-7. 2005
..It was recommended to study the feasibility and effectiveness of Kangaroo mother care at the community level...
- Risk factors and etiology of neonatal sepsis in Tikur Anbessa University Hospital, Ethiopia
Demissie Shitaye
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 9086, Addis Ababa
Ethiop Med J 48:11-21. 2010
..Neonatal sepsis is one of the most common reasons for admission to neonatal units in developing countries. It is also a major cause of mortality in both developed and developing countries...
- Maternal common mental disorders and infant development in Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE Birth Cohort
Chiara Servili
Department of Psychiatry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
BMC Public Health 10:693. 2010
..In low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs), perinatal CMD is inconsistently associated with infant development, but the impact of severity and persistence has not been examined...
- Prevalence and predictors of undernutrition among infants aged six and twelve months in Butajira, Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE Birth Cohort
Girmay Medhin
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health 10:27. 2010
..Child undernutrition is a major public health problem in low income countries. Prospective studies of predictors of infant growth in rural low-income country settings are relatively scarce but vital to guide intervention efforts...
- The effect of maternal common mental disorders on infant undernutrition in Butajira, Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE study
Girmay Medhin
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Psychiatry 10:32. 2010
..Although maternal common mental disorder (CMD) appears to be a risk factor for infant undernutrition in South Asian countries, the position in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unclear..
- Birth trauma among live born term neonates at a referral hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Daniel Hailu
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiop Med J 44:231-6. 2006
..CONCLUSION: Indications and benefits of instrumntal delivery should be revised in our circumstances and prim gravid mothers should be evaluated carefully during ANC follow-up...
- Occurrence of intra-ventricular hemorrhage among preterm infants admitted in Tikur Anbessa Hospital
Bogale Worku
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiop Med J 42:109-14. 2004
..All babies with IVH were in respiratory distress and required resuscitation. Recommendations are made to improve delivery services and neonatal intensive care unit services to reduce incidence of IVH in preterm babies...
- Pattern of hypothyroid disorders in Ethio-Swedish Children's Hospital (ESCH)
Bogale Worku
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiop Med J 40:1-9. 2002
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- Kangaroo Mother Care: 25 years after
Nathalie Charpak
Kangaroo Foundation, Bogota, Colombia
Acta Paediatr 94:514-22. 2005
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- The size of anterior fontanel in neonates and infants in Addis Ababa
Tarekegn G/meskel
University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Human Anatomy, Gondar, Ethiopia
Ethiop Med J 46:47-53. 2008
..Knowledge of the normal variations in AF size may be helpful in the early recognition of disorders. The mean size of the AF in neonates and infants in Addis Ababa is not known and the current looks in to this issue...
