Background The spectrum of cardiovascular diseases varies between and within countries,
depending on the stage of epidemiological transition and risk factor profiles. Understanding …

Background Ethiopia has a high acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease
(RHD) prevalence, and to our knowledge, there are no data on the status of secondary …

Background Surgery can correct congenital heart defects, but disease management in low-
and middle-income countries can be challenging and complex due to a lack of referral …

The incidence of Campylobacter enteritis among children visiting the outpatient department
of a teaching hospital in north-west Ethiopia was prospectively studied over a period of 12 …

Salmonella and Shigella strains were isolated prospectively from in-and outpatient
specimens of the Gondar College teaching hospital over a two year period, from June 1994 …

Results A total of 40 children (71% female) with 41 episodes of infective endocarditis
admitted to a general paediatric ward in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2008 and 2013 …

Background: The optimal surgical procedure for treatment of fibromembranous subaortic
stenosis has been a subject of debate. We report our experience with patients treated for …

Background Among children diagnosed to have chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease
(RHD) in Ethiopia, many have been observed to develop recurrence of rheumatic fever (RF) …

Background As one of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with a low physician to
population ratio, Ethiopia has sought to mitigate the problem by increasing the number of …

Background: Epilepsy is considered to be present when 2 or more unprovoked seizures
occur in a time frame of longer than 24 hr. Public awareness and attitudes towards epilepsy …