Theme 1: Infectious Diseases
- Infectious diseases are responsible for a number of morbidities and mortalities.
- Tuberculosis
- Prevalence of tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis detection rate
- MDR TB
- Adherence to treatment regimens
- Evaluation of the effects of anti tuberculosis drugs
- Patterns and magnitude of drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Delay in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on tuberculosis transmission and its prevention methods
- Clinical issues in tuberculosis
- 2. HIV/AIDS
- Magnitude and distribution of HIV/AIDS
- Adherence to treatment regimens
- Determinants of high HIV transmission
- Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy(ART) regimens by people living with HIV
- Evaluation of the effects of treatment (drugs) for HIV/AIDS
- Adverse effects associated with ART
- Drug interactions between ART and other treatments
- Stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)
- Patterns of drug-resistant HIV
- Time of diagnosis and delay in pursuing chronic HIV care treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on HIV/AIDS transmission and its prevention methods
- Quality of life among PLWHA before and after ART
- Sexuality among HIV/AIDS patients
- Malaria
- Prevalence of malaria
- Malaria detection rate
- Evaluation of the effects of anti malaria drugs
- Drug-resistance and treatment failure
- Delay in malaria diagnosis and treatment
- Vector resistance
- Awareness, attitude and practice on malaria transmission and its prevention Methods
- Diarrheal diseases (caused by bacteria, virus, and parasites)
- Prevalence of diarrheal diseases
- Diarrheal detection rate
- Adherence to treatment regimens for diarrheal diseases
- Evaluation of the effects of anti diarrheal diseases drugs
- Patterns and magnitude of drug-resistant diarrheal diseases
- Delay in diarrheal disease diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on diarrheal diseases transmission and its prevention methods
- Clinical issues in diarrheal diseases
- Nosocomial infection
- Prevalence of nosocomial infections
- Nosocomial infections detection rate
- Adherence to treatment regimens for nosocomial infections
- Patterns and magnitude of drug-resistant nosocomial infections
- Delay in nosocomial infections diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on nosocomial infections transmission and its prevention methods
- Clinical issues in nosocomial infections
- Human papiloma virus (HPV)
- Magnitude and distribution of HPV
- Adherence to treatment regimens for HPV
- Evaluation of the effects of anti HPV drugs
- Delay in HPV diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on HPV transmission and its prevention methods
- 7. Sexual Transmitted Infections (STI)
- Magnitude and distribution of STI
- Adherence to treatment regimens for STI
- Determinants of high STI transmission
- Evaluation of the effects of treatments for STI
- Stigma and discrimination towards people living with STI
- Awareness, attitude and practice on STI transmission and its prevention
- Sexuality among STI patients
- Hepatitis
- Magnitude of different types of hepatitis
- Adherence to treatment regimens for hepatitis
- Evaluation of the effects of anti hepatitis drugs
- Delay in hepatitis diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on hepatitis transmission and its prevention methods
- Mycosis
- Magnitude and distribution of mycosis
- Adherence to treatment regimens for mycosis
- Evaluation of the effects of anti HPV mycosis
- Delay in mycosis diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on mycosis transmission and its prevention methods
- Eye disease
- Prevalence of eye diseases
- Eye diseases detection rate
- Patterns of blindness (cataract, glaucoma refractory disease)
- Adherence to treatment regimens for eye diseases
- Patterns and magnitude of drug-resistant eye diseases 30
- Delay in eye diseases diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on eye diseases transmission and its prevention methods
- Clinical issues in eye diseases
- Ocular infection
- Ocular manifestations of medical diseases like DM, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, etc.
- Outcomes of visual treatment.
11.Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
- Prevalence of UTI
- UTI detection rate
- Adherence to treatment regimens for UTI
- Patterns and magnitude of drug-resistant UTI
- Delay in UTI diagnosis and treatment
- Awareness, attitude and practice on UTI transmission and its prevention methods
- Clinical issues in UTI
- Pharmacology and pharmacognosy
- Screening of traditional herbs for anti diseases activities
- Ethino pharmacology of traditional medicines
- Invio and invitro activities of CVS of herbal remedies
- Drug Prescription
- Drug selection for chronic diseases
- Drug interaction and management
- Traditional herbs and pregnancy
- Knowledge and attitude towards drug utilization
- Screening of natural products for bio activity
- Pharmacy Education and Services
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Regulatory Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical supply chain system
- APTS(Auditable Pharmaceutical Transaction and services)
- Community Pharmacy
- ADR, DDI & Self medication
- Pharmacovigilance
- Drug quality control and assurance
- Traditional Medicine/Complementary & alternative medicine
- Telepharmacy
- Industrial Pharmacy
Theme 2: Maternal and Child Health Maternal and Child Health
- Status of women empowerment, adolescent and youth health services
- Maternal and child health issues
- Accessibility of reproductive health services
- Factors related to utilization and accessibility of reproductive health services
- Problems associated with antenatal care and delivery
- Sexually transmitted illnesses, magnitude and patterns
- Contraceptive prevalence
- Supply and options of contraceptives by health institutions
- Professionals‟ commitment towards contraceptive utilization
- Treatment of common childhood illnesses
- Neonatal care
- Antenatal care
- Deliveries attended Deliveries attended by midwives
- Common causes of morbidity and mortality among children
- Immunization of children and mothers
- Pattern of childhood ocular morbidity and blindness
- Causes of maternal morbidity and mortality.
- Measures of maternal mortality
- Unsafe abortion (magnitude, determinants and choice of abortion methods)
- Hemorrhage
- Pregnancy related disorders (Eclamcia, Preeclamcia, etc)
- Obstetric fistula
- Delay in seeking care
- Early marriage
- Monarchy and related disorders
- Infertility (causes, prevalence and social consequences )
- Assessment on community and health service providers
- Degree of integration of maternal and child health with other services, e.g., PMTCT, VCT, etc.
- Specific maternal and child health measures
Theme3: Nutrition Related Issues
- Breastfeeding and weaning
- Harmful and helpful traditional nutritional practices
- The magnitude and types of nutritional problems in children
- Prevalence and pattern of macronutrient deficiencies, micronutrient deficiencies
- Factors related to nutrition related problems
- Evaluation of nutrition intervention programs
- Knowledge, attitude and practice of people on nutritional problems
- Nutritional surveillance
- Policy issues in nutrition
- Vitamin A deficiency and eye problem
- Vitamin A disorders
- Obesity
- Nutrition surveillance
- HIV/AIDS and Nutrition
Theme 4: Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety/ Other Public Health Issues 1. Food, Water supply and sanitation
- Solid waste
- Liquid waste
- Water and sanitation projects evaluation
- Health care and hazardous waste management
- Waste recycling
- Clean environment
- Physico- chemical Water quality
- Biological water quality
- Water bodies pollution
- Infection prevention
- Health extension packages
- Food microbiology
- Food borne diseases HACCP
- Food handlers
- Physical and chemical food analysis
- Food spoilage
- Food preservation
- Food adulteration
- Occupational Safety and health
- Safety in the workplace
- Work related health problems
- Injury
- Accident
- Patient safety
- Organizations health and safety culture
- Economic cost of health and safety
- Motion sickness
- Occupational diseases
- Work design
- System design
- Office ergonomics
- Computer ergonomics
- Noise
- Thermal
- Vibration assessment
- Product design ergonomics
- Work and Stress
3.Environmental pollution and Vector control
- Traditional vector control methods
- Vector distribution in Ethiopia
- Vector epidemiology
- Chemical resistance of vectors
- Impregnated bed net
- Indoor air pollution
- Indicator for air pollution
- Climate change
- Greenhouse gas effect
- Acidification
- Air quality monitoring
- GIS and mapping
- Environmental pollution and eye problem
- SAFE strategy for trachoma control
- Substance abuse
- Drug abuse
- Magnitude of substance abuse
- Factor related substance abuse
- Consequence substance abuse
- Health effect of substance abuse
- Pharmacological activities of commonly abused substances
- Chronic and/or non communicable diseases
- Diabetics mellitus
- Hypertension
- Cancer
- Orange disorders
- Hematological disorders
- Blood donation and safety
- Economic costs of diseases
- Cost effectiveness of intervention
- Health workers motivation and customer satisfaction
- BPR implementation assessment in the health sector
- Health care utilization
- Management of information system
- Climate change and health
- Disaster prevention and management
- Environment impact assessment
- Health risk assessment
