Background: Hepatitis B is a global public health problem affecting approximately 10% of the world population. Health care professionals (HCPs) are at an increased risk of acquiring hepatitis B infection due to occupational ...

Objective: Satisfaction is becoming a popular health‑care quality indicator as it reflects the reality of service or care provided. The aim of this study was to assess the level of patients’ expectation toward and ...

One of the main components of managing a patient with hypertension is deciding which drug to prescribe for first-line therapy. This decision should be made primarily on the basis of the best available evidence of the ...

Background: Patients with chronic pancreatic carcinoma and cancer of the pancreas often experience severe pain. Sympathatictomy and celiac ganglia blockage or distraction has been applied with varying degree of efficacy ...

T hese days, in Ethiopia, khat chewing is one of the widely spreading public health problems affecting the most productive segment of the population. The health implications of khat chewing among students are strongly ...

Background: Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in long-term dialysis patients and a risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Depression in haemodialysis patients has been persistently underdiagnosed and ...

Background: Immunization is the process of stimulating the body’s immunity against certain infectious diseases by administering vaccines. It is one of the main health interventions to prevent childhood morbidity and ...