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4 Citations

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Training and Active Case Detection to Prevent Leprosy: Effect on Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Health Workers on Early Diagnosis of Leprosy in a Leprosy Hotspot District in Ethiopia

Ephrem Mamo,
Dareskedar Tsehay,
Seid Hassen,
Solomon Getahun,
Addis Mengiste,
Beletshachew Tadesse,
Tesfaye Tadesse,
Mengestu Legesse and
Kidist Bobosha

Trop. Med. Infect. Dis.2024, 9(3), 51;https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed9030051

23 February 2024

Background: Despite all of the efforts, leprosy continues to affect hundreds of thousands of people every year, including children, showing the ongoing transmission of the disease within the population. The transmission of leprosy can be interrupted...

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Mapping Land Use Land Cover Changes and Their Determinants in the Context of a Massive Free Labour Mobilisation Campaign: Evidence from South Wollo, Ethiopia

Bichaye Tesfaye,
Monica Lengoiboni,
Jaap Zevenbergen and
Belay Simane

Remote Sens.2021, 13(24), 5078;https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245078

14 December 2021

Northern Ethiopia is characterised by fragile mountain eco-systems that are highly susceptible to land degradation, impacting food security and livelihoods. This study appraises Land Use Land Cover Changes (LULCC) and their determinants from 2000 to...

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18 Pages

Characterization of Bamboo Culm as Potential Fibre for Composite Development

Balkeshwar Singh,
Yalew Dessalegn,
Melesse Workneh Wakjira,
Cherinet Girma,
Ali A. Rajhi and
Alaauldeen A. Duhduh

Materials2023, 16(14), 5196;https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16145196

24 July 2023

This study aims to evaluate how age, harvesting seasons, and culm height affect the properties of various bamboo species. The properties of bamboo fibres for composite development in Ethiopia have not been investigated so far. In this study, the prop...

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9 Citations

4,082 Views

27 Pages

Land Preservation Uptakes in the Escarpments of North-Eastern Ethiopia: Drivers, Sustainability, and Constraints

Bichaye Tesfaye,
Monica Lengoiboni,
Jaap Zevenbergen and
Belay Simane

Land2022, 11(5), 676;https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050676

2 May 2022

Agricultural land is an indispensable resource for agrarian communities worldwide. There is a growing awareness that the world’s arable land supplies are limited and finite. For the last five decades, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and other...

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The Missing Quality of Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Delivered in Public-Health Facilities, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Asrat Agalu Abejew,
Hussen Abdu,
Yimer Seid and
Agumas Shibabaw

Clin. Pract.2022, 12(6), 1034-1042;https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract12060106

12 December 2022

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public-health problem. TB prevention and control measures are compromised by poor quality of care delivered to TB patients in health facilities during diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up; thus, this study was...

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