http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2340 2026-04-08T23:14:10Z 2026-04-08T23:14:10Z Mellie, Habtamu Hailu, Getachew Simon, Ayenew Berhanu, Bitewelegn Tesfaw, Eyerus Jenber, Solomon http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3022 2017-10-12T11:22:55Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Assessment of Five Years Trend of Malaria in Finote Selam Town, Northwest Ethiopia Authors: Mellie, Habtamu; Hailu, Getachew; Simon, Ayenew; Berhanu, Bitewelegn; Tesfaw, Eyerus; Jenber, Solomon Abstract: Background: Malaria is mosquito-borne infectious disease of human being caused by parasitic protozoan which belongs to the genes plasmodium. It is transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes. An estimated 190–330 million malaria episodes and 1.5 million malaria deaths occur worldwide annually. Currently 90% of all malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. It is the fourth leading cause of death in children under the age of five years in developing countries. Three forth of the land of Ethiopian is assumed to be malarious. The epidemiological pattern of malaria transmission in the country is generally seasonal, and highly unstable due to variations in topography and rainfall patterns. The country is working by planning different malaria control and prevention programs in the past six years in the study area. However, there were no documented evidences showing malaria burden through time. Hence the current study would fill this gap which might use to scale up and to design effective communication strategies to combat malaria. To assess the five years trend of malaria in Finote Selam town, northwest Ethiopia, a study was conducted from 2002 to 2006 E.C trough reviewing reported documents. All patients that were recorded as malaria cases from 2002 -2006 E.C were the study population. Data collection tool was developed from data recording system of Finote Selam town Health Office. Data quality assurance was done at field level, during and after data entry. Result of the study was presented using proportions, line and bar graphs. This study examined records of 47,299 malaria cases registered over 5 years. The maximum (13,748) microscopically confirmed cases of malaria were reported in 2012/2013. The highest peak of malaria cases occur an observed in almost all years particularly during spring (September, October and November) and the minimum malaria cases were observed during the dry seasons (December, January and February.) Regarding the identification of the plasmodium species, both species were reported in each year with Plasmodium falciparium being the predominant species. The respective proportion of Plasmodium falciparium and Plasmodium Vivax morbidity were 40.2% and 33.9%. In the study area, the case was more prevalent on males, 25.460 (53.8%) than females, 21,839(46.2%). Malaria is still a major public health problem. The maximum number of malaria case occurred in 2012/2013 budget year, in the spring seasons and among males. Therefore, prevention and control activities should be continued in a strengthened manner.

2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Nesibu, Bethlehem http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3021 2017-10-12T11:16:45Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Part Family Formation of Ethiopian Cultural Clothing by using Group Technology Coding System Authors: Nesibu, Bethlehem Abstract: This research mainly focuses on proposing an appropriate classification and coding system for Ethiopian cultural clothing. Previous research has been conducted and a suitable classification and coding system was recommended by different researchers. And this is the first research in its kind that applied the concept of group technology to improve performance of small and micro enterprises that produce cultural clothing. The current small and micro enterprises that produce cultural clothing are applying an informal grouping technique. Because of this, they spend too much time to design, set price, explain the property of the product to customers, and retrieve an already designed parts. In order to investigate this fact, samples of 111 small and micro enterprises that produce cultural clothes around Gulele sub-city were studied. To conduct this study questionnaire, semi-structured interview and observation were employed. The information gathered by questionnaire was analyzed by SPSS software to analyze the producers’ perspective on grouping similar parts together. The result indicates that the producers’ believe that if their products are grouped together it will save the time they spent trying to explain about the product. The codes will enhance better productivity by enabling the producers to estimate precise selling price; with the symbols representing the characteristics of a certain product. They can also be used to document a specific design and retrieve it for later use. This act will enable the producers to eliminate duplication of effort by designing the same part more than once. DCLASS coding system is adopted and customized to classify and code parts of the cultural clothing. A database is developed to store the designs of these parts and use it for retrieval in the future. Future researchers can classify and code other textile products and they can develop another classifying and coding technique that represents the parts more than DCLASS coding does.

2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Nigussie, Muluken http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3020 2017-10-12T11:13:33Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Effect of Exchange Rates on Economic Growth in Ethiopia Authors: Nigussie, Muluken Abstract: This study attempts to investigate the effect of exchange rates on economic growth in Ethiopia using annual time series data spanning from 1985/86 to 2014/15. The explanatory variables in this study were real effective exchange rate, government final consumption expenditure, gross fixed capital formation, broad money supply and trade openness. The multilateral real exchange rates are used to measure real exchange rates. Results from Vector Error Correction Model revealed that real effective exchange rates, broad money supply and trade openness have a positive long run effect on economic growth, while government final consumption have a negative long run effect on the economic growth of Ethiopia. From the regression results, it was noted that undervaluation of the currency is contractionary in the long run and neutral in the short- run. As such, the effect of exchange rates on economic growth works through the supply channel. It is the reflection of various economic and policy shocks, mainly a strategy shift of the government. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommended that since the Ethiopian output is dominated by primary agricultural products and is insensitive for the change in exchange rate, government intervention is needed to balance the adverse effect of exchange rate movements until the economy is well transformed from agricultural lead economy to industrial lead economy and becomes less dependent on imported raw materials.

2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Zemena, Getinet http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3019 2017-10-12T11:10:52Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Solid Waste Management Practice and Factors Influencing its Effectiveness: The Case of Selected Private Waste Collecting Companies in Addis Ababa Authors: Zemena, Getinet Abstract: Solid waste, which is a consequence of day -to- day activity of human kinds, needs to be managed properly. Addis Ababa faces problems associated with a poorly managed solid waste system. A rational behind for the study was the poor status of solid waste management in Addis Ababa and this created the need to study the current solid waste management practice and factors influencing its effectiveness: the case of private companies in Addis Ababa. Solid waste management practice effectiveness was described in collection, disposal and transportation while factors influencing solid waste management practice effectiveness were described in financial, technical, institutional, social and political aspects. This employed mixed research approach. Collected data has been analyzed by descriptive and correlation statistical tools and the data collection instruments were questionnaires, interviews, observations, and secondary sources. A survey was conducted in three selected private solid waste managing companies and the survey questionnaire data was collected from 108 respondents and interview was conducted for three key informants from solid waste management agencies. Different sampling methods like purposive sampling, stratified sampling, and simple random sampling were employed to select the study units. The validity of research instruments was established by consulting the supervisor. The researcher employed the test and retest method to establish the reliability of the research instruments .The researcher used statistical packages for Social Science department to analyze the data. The study found out that the current waste service delivering practice is ineffective due to the financial constraints, technical problems, social influences and institutional aspect problems as major influencing factors. However, the political influence was moderate. Indeed, these influencing factors possessed association with solid waste management (collection, transportation, and disposal) separately except between political and disposal. This indicates that the higher the influences, the lower the effectiveness of solid waste management practices. Based on the findings of this study , it is recommended strict enforcement of -by law and policy, more budget allocation ,technical support by the government, development of solid waste management through waste reduction, reuse,.

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