Abstract: Introduction: Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and/or lactation is a fundamental determinant of maternal and child health. So, it can halt the long-term and irreversible consequences of malnutrition. The burden of undernutrition among women and children became a significant public health problem in low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia. However, lactating mothers in these countries are one of the nutritionally vulnerable groups. There are limited studies conducted to assess the nutritional status of lactating women. So, the aim of this study was to assess the chronic energy deficiency and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northcentral Ethiopia. Methodology: An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the nutritional status of 266 lactating mothers were selected by systematic random sampling from October 2017 to January 2018. The data were collected by face to face interview by using a pre-tested and structured questionnaire. The physical measurements were taken at the end of the interview. The bivariate and multivariable logistic regression were used to identify associated factors. The variables with a p-value <0.2 were used to select candidate variables for multivariable logistic regression. A p-value of ≤0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. Result: A total of 251 lactating mothers were included in the study which makes the response rate of 94.36%. The prevalence of chronic energy deficiency among lactating women was 17.9% (95% CI (13.5, 23.1)). Women’s who had daily laborer husband (AOR: 5.02, 95%CI (1.36, 18.50)), had not Post Natal Care (PNC) follow up (AOR: 6.39 95% CI (1.69, 24.13)), and ate 2 times per day (AOR: 4.87, 95% CI (1.44, 16.51)) were the contributing factors for the development of chronic energy deficiency. Conclusion: In this study, CED is a medium public health problem. The husband’s occupation, postnatal care follow up, and maternal feeding frequency were the contributing factors. Health professionals shall provide health education for pregnant and lactating women’s behavior regarding nutrition and health to improve maternal nutrition.Abstract: Introduction: Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and/or lactation is a fundamental determinant of maternal and child health. So, it can halt the long-term and irreversible consequences of malnutrition. The burden of undernutrition among women and children became a significant public health problem in low and middle-income countries including Ethio...Show More
Abstract: High- risk human papilloma viruses are the major etiological agent of cervical cancer, which is one of the leading cancers among women in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present systematic review is to identify type distribution of high risk human Pappiloma viruses among women with cervical cancer in East Africa. The present systematic review was performed using published articles, which was accessed from electronic databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane Central library. Eligible research articles were selected based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Four studies, which fulfilled the inclusion criteria, were included in the present systematic review. The finding of the present systematic review revealed that the totals of 15 HR-HPV associated with invasive cervical cancer were identified from the current study setting. These HR-HPV genotypes include HPV 16, HPV 18, HPV 56, HPV 45, HPV 39, HPV 52, HPV 31, HPV 35, HPV 58, HPV 33, HPV 59, HPV 68, HPV 66, HPV 82 and HPV 73. According to the current systematic review the major genotype associated with cervical cancer in east Africa were HVP 16 followed by HPV 18 and HPV 45 respectively.Abstract: High- risk human papilloma viruses are the major etiological agent of cervical cancer, which is one of the leading cancers among women in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present systematic review is to identify type distribution of high risk human Pappiloma viruses among women with cervical cancer in East Africa. The present systematic review wa...Show More
