Background: Community based health insurance is accepted as a capable tool of health system improvement and improves the health status of enrollees. Its mechanisms look for to protect low-income households from health related risks through mutual risk sharing at the community level. Even though Government’s efforts, the Community based health insurance enrolment rate remained low. Objective: To assess the community based health insurance enrollment and associated factors in Sidama Region, Ethiopia.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Sidama Region, 2020 using a pretested structured questionnaire. The study was conducted in randomly selected 770 households. The data entry was made by using Epi-info 2007 software. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Logistic regression statistical model was used to compute odds ratio with its 95% confidence interval to test the associations between dependent and independent variables. Then variables found to have P<0.25 in the bi-variable analysis taken as candidate for multivariable analysis. A P-value of 0.05 with a confidence interval of 95% was used to declare level of statistical significance. Result: Among 770 sampled households, 762 were interviewed and the response rate was 98.9%. About 20.2% of the respondents were enrolled in the scheme. Covariates such as፡ ages 31-59 years(AOR :2.62, 95% CI :1.48-4.66)and >=60 years(AOR : 2.87, 95% CI :1.23-6.74), households who had no formal education(AOR:1.66, 95% CI:1.02-2.72),affordability of premium (AOR:0.28, 95% CI: 0.15-0.54), knowledge on CBHI(AOR: 3.53; 95% CI: 1.21, 10.27) and perceived quality(AOR: 0.52, 95% CI: 0.25-0.87) had statistically significant association with community based health insurance enrollment.Conclusion: The prevalence of community based health insurance enrollment was low. This study identified the need to create knowledge and bring behavioral change in the community on the scheme in general. This study also revealed that regular contribution issue needs improvement based on affordability of households and building their trust on the program and efforts should be devoted to enhance quality of healthcare services to increase the enrollment.

The aim of this systemic review and meta-analysis was to examine the relationship between iron with folic acid supplementation and low birth weight in Ethiopia Previous studies on iron with folic acid supplementation and low birth weight indicated different findings. We include 24 studies in different regions of Ethiopia. We have done this study focusing on iron with folic acid supplementation Materials and Methods The databases searched were PUBMED and Advanced Google Scholar. on reference manager software reporting iron with folic acid supplementation and low birth weight. Three researchers were carried out the data extraction and assessed independently the articles for inclusion in the review using risk-of-bias tool guided by PRISMA checklist. The combined adjusted Odds ratios (OR)) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated using random effect model Results: Twenty-four observational studies involving 10 989 participants, 2348 newborns have low birth weight were included. The combined effect size (OR) for low birth weight r comparing women who have iron with folic acid supplementation versus women who did not have iron with folic acid supplementation was 0.37 (95%CI 0.25 to 0.55), p<0.00001, I 2 = 91 %). There was significant heterogeneity (Q = 264.75. I 2 =91 %). p<0.00001) No publication bias was observed (Egger's test: p = 0.621, Begg's test: p = 0.254). 71.11% (7815), women reported iron with folic acid supplementation during current pregnancy in all studies, the proportion of low birth weight among women reported iron with folic acid supplementation during current

The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the association between Depression and suicidal ideation. We use data from six studies to do a meta-analysis. We applied the random-effects analytic model and calculated a pooled odds ratio. The combined effect size showed that odds of suicidal ideation among people with Depression is 4.88 times higher than those peoples without Depression (ORMH 4.88 95%CI 2.04, 11.72) Test for overall effect: Z = 3.55 (P = 0.0004) Heterogeneity: Tau² = 1.11; Chi² = 100.97, df = 5 (P < 0.00001); I² = 95%. The magnitude of suicidal ideation among people with Depression is 46.39% (528) and peoples without Depression is 17.79 % (315) from the total, 39.13 % (1138) is depressed and 60.86% (1779) not depressed. The overall proportion of Suicidal Ideation among the included studies is 28.98 % (843). The total number of study subjects included in our systematic review and meta-analysis is 2908.

Background: As of the 31st of January 2021, there had been 102,399,513 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, with 2,217,005 deaths reported to WHOThe goal of this study is to uncover the spatiotemporal patterns of COVID 19 in Ethiopia, which will aid in the planning and implementation of essential preventative measures. Methods We obtained data on COVID 19 cases reported in Ethiopia from November 23 to December 29, 2021, from an Ethiopian health data website that is open to the public.Kulldorff's retrospective space-time scan statistics were utilized to detect the temporal, geographical, and spatiotemporal clusters of COVID 19 at the county level in Ethiopia, using the discrete Poisson probability model. Results: In Ethiopia, between November 23 and December 29, 2021, a total of 22,199 COVID 19 cases were reported.The COVID 19 cases in Ethiopia were strongly clustered in spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal distribution, according to the results of Kulldorff's scan. statisticsThe most likely Spatio-temporal cluster (LLR = 70369.783209, RR = 412.48, P 0.001) was mostly concentrated in Addis Ababa and clustered between 2021/11/1 and 2021/11/30.Conclusion: From November 23 to December 29, 2021, this study found three large COVID 19 space-time clusters in Ethiopia, which could aid in future resource allocation in high-risk locations for COVID 19 management and prevention.

Background Previous studies on iron with folic acid supplementation and low birth weight indicated different findings. The aim of the current systemic review and meta-analysis was to examine the relationship between iron and folic acid supplementation and birth weight in Ethiopia. Main body The databases searched were PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science and Cochrane Library in January 2021. AZ, KTT and AAA carried out the data extraction and independently assessed the articles for inclusion in the review using risk-of-bias tool guided by PRISMA checklist. The combined Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was calculated using random effect model. Twenty four observational studies involving 10,989 participants, 2423 newborns who were born LBW were included. The combined effect size (OR) for low birth weight comparing women who have Iron and Folic acid supplementation versus women who did not have iron and folic acid supplementation was 0.39 (95% CI 0.27–0.59, p < 0.00001, I2 = 91%). There was significant heterogeneity (Q = 264.16, I2 = 91%, p < 0.00001). No publication bias was observed (Egger’s test: p = 0.742, Begg’s test: p = 0.372). Overall 69.5% of women reported having iron and folic acid supplementation during current pregnancy. And the overall proportion of low birth weight was 22.1%. Conclusions Women who were supplied with iron and folic acid during pregnancy had a 67% decreased chance of delivering low birth weight new born in Ethiopia.