Background: Anemia impairs cognitive development, reduces physical work capacity and in severe cases increases risk of mortality particularly during prenatal period. There are no previous studies done on anemia in pregnancy in the study area.

Introduction: Hypertension is a prevalent and often asymptomatic chronic disease. Health related quality of life is emerging as an important outcome in hypertension. It can be adversely affected by hypertension itself and sideeffects of antihypertensive drugs. It is a multi-dimensional element of well-being affected by the physical, mental, emotional and social status of patients. The ability to identify indicators of poor health-related quality of life is crucial for both improving clinical care and determining targets of intervention for the prevention and treatment of disease.

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Introduction:Adolescence is a period of rapid growth and maturation in human development that demands extra nutrients and energy to support growth. Due to increased nutritional requirement, poor dietary diversity and dietary inadequacies during the adolescent period, they are more vulnerable to under-nutrition. Focusing on adolescents' nutrition, especially girls, provides a unique opportunity to break the intergenerational cycles of malnutrition Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on 398 school adolescents in Hawzen Woreda, Eastern Tigray northern Ethiopia. Study participants were selected by using systematic random sampling method from five schools. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire. Beam balance and tap meter were used for anthropometric data. Entry and analysis of data were done by SPSS (version 20). WHO Anthro plus software was used to calculate body mass index for age and height for age. Multivariate logistic regression was used to predict the factors associated with under-nutrition. Results:The result of this study showed that 32.2% of school adolescents were underweight, 0.3% and 33.2% were overweight and stunted respectively. The rate being underweight was higher in those adolescents born to illiterate fathers (AOR =1.94(1.19, 1.99)) family income less than 500 birr