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Timing of the First Antenatal Care Visit and Associated Risk Factors in Rural Parts of Ethiopia
Early antenatal care visit promotes early detection and treatment of complications during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to assess the timing of the first antenatal care visit and associated factors in rural parts of...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Spatial Multivariate Cluster Analysis for Defining Target Population of Environments in West Africa for Yam Breeding
Tunrayo Alabi, Patrick Adebola, Asrat Asfaw, David De Koeyer, Antonio Lopez-Montes, Robert Asiedu
Jul 01, 2019
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a major staple crop with high agricultural and cultural significance for over 300 million people in West Africa. Despite its importance, productivity is miserably low. A better understanding of the...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Malaria prevalence and mosquito net coverage in Oromia and SNNPR regions of Ethiopia.
Estifanos B Shargie, Teshome Gebre, Jeremiah Ngondi, Patricia M Graves, Aryc W Mosher, Paul M Emerson, Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Tekola Endeshaw, Dereje Olana, Asrat WeldeMeskel, Admas Teferra, Zerihun Tadesse, Abate Tilahun, Gedeon Yohannes, Frank O Richards
Jun 16, 2011
Evaluation of light microscopy and rapid diagnostic test for the detection of malaria under operational field conditions
Tekola Endeshaw, Teshome Gebre, Jeremiah Ngondi, Patricia M Graves, Estifanos B Shargie, Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Berhan Ayele, Gedeon Yohannes, Tesfaye Teferi, Ayenew Messele, Mulat Zerihun, Asrat Genet, Aryc W Mosher, Paul M Emerson, Frank O Richards
Jun 14, 2011
BACKGROUND: In most resource-poor settings, malaria is usually diagnosed based on clinical signs and symptoms and not by detection of parasites in the blood using microscopy or rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). In population-based...
Adult Animals Antigens Protozoan Blood Blood Specimen Collection Chromatography Ethiopia Family Characteristics Female Health Care Surveys Humans Immunoassay Malaria Falciparum Malaria Vivax Male Microscopy Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax Predictive Value of Tests prevalence Sensitivity and Specificity Time Factors
Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal
Abstract Reconstructions of climatic and environmental conditions can contribute to current debates about the factors that influenced early human dispersal within and beyond Africa. Here we...
F Schaebitz, A Asrat, HF Lamb, AS Cohen, V Foerster, W Duesing, S Kaboth-Bahr, S Opitz, FA Viehberg, R Vogelsang, J Dean, MJ Leng, A Junginger, CB Ramsey, MS Chapot, A Deino, CS Lane, HM Roberts, C Vidal, R Tiedemann, MH Trauth
Jun 10, 2021
Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal
Frank Schaebitz, Asfawossen Asrat, Henry F. Lamb, Andrew S. Cohen, Verena Foerster, Walter Duesing, Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, Stephan Opitz, Finn A. Viehberg, Ralf Vogelsang, Jonathan Dean, Melanie J. Leng, Annett Junginger, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Melissa S. Chapot, Alan Deino, Christine S. Lane, Helen M. Roberts, Céline Vidal, Ralph Tiedemann, Martin H. Trauth
Jun 14, 2021
Abstract: Reconstructions of climatic and environmental conditions can contribute to current debates about the factors that influenced early human dispersal within and beyond Africa. Here we analyse a 200,000-year multi-proxy...
Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution.
Verena Foerster, Asfawossen Asrat, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Erik T Brown, Melissa S Chapot, Alan Deino, Walter Duesing, Matthew Grove, Annette Hahn, Annett Junginger, Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, Christine S Lane, Stephan Opitz, Anders Noren, Helen M Roberts, Mona Stockhecke, Ralph Tiedemann, Céline M Vidal, Ralf Vogelsang, Andrew S Cohen, Henry F Lamb, Frank Schaebitz, Martin H Trauth
Oct 14, 2022
Despite more than half a century of hominin fossil discoveries in eastern Africa, the regional environmental context of hominin evolution and dispersal is not well established due to the lack of continuous palaeoenvironmental...