Quality in Primary Care Open Access

Department of Epidemiology, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Impact of the Northern Ethiopian Tigray War on Hypertensive Patients? Follow up: A Brief Quantitative Study
  Author(s): Abraha Hailu, Kibreab Gidey*, Dawit Zenebe, Ephrem Berhe, Meskelu Kidu, Samuel Berhane, Hailemariam Gebrearegawi, Hagazi Tesfay, Desilu Mehari, Hagos Kahsay, Senait Alemayehu, Kidanu Gebremariam and Tesfay Gebregziabher
  
  Background: A tragic and brutal war has been ongoing in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia since November 2020. More than 70% of health facilities had been dysfunctional. The conditions of the hypertensive patients follow up/care and other non-communicable disease is not studied since the war started. Methods: This study was conducted in six zones of Tigrai from July 03 to August 5, 2021. Health facilities were randomly selected and data on patient’s follow-up of pre-war period (September 2020-October 2020) as well as the subsequent 8 months war period (November 2020-June 2021). Data were collected using a check list. The number of patients who had visits during pre-war and the 8 months war period were compared to assess the impact of the war. Results: Pre-war and post war data from 46 health facilities in Tigray regi.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.21767/2049-5478.23.31.45

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