BackgroundUnintended pregnancy is among the major public health problems that predispose women to maternal death and illness mainly through unsafe abortion and poor maternity care. The level of unintended pregnancy is high in developing countries. Hence, the purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of unintended pregnancy and the associated factors among pregnant woman attending antenatal care at Gelemso General Hospital, East Ethiopia.MethodsA facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 10 to April 13, 2015 among women who had attended antenatal care at Gelemso General Hospital. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 413 participants. Data were collected via face-to-face interview using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were made to check the associations among the variables and to control the confounding factors.ResultsOut of the 413 pregnancies, 112 (27.1 %) were unintended of which 90(21.9 %) were mistimed, and 22(5.2 %) were unwanted. Multivariate analysis revealed that single, divorced/widowed marital statuses, having more than 2 children, and having no awareness of contraception were significantly associated with unintended pregnancy.ConclusionOver a quarter of women had an unintended pregnancy, a rate which is lower than previously reported. Designing and implementing strategies that address contraceptive needs of unmarried, divorced and widowed women, creating awareness of contraceptives at community level and reinforcing postnatal contraceptive counseling to all mothers giving birth at health institution is recommended to reduce the rate of the unintended pregnancy among parous women.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12905-016-0335-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Cholera is an acute bacterial enteric disease characterized in its severe form by sudden onset, profuse painless watery stools, nausea, and vomiting. Aim of Study: to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of female's employees about cholera at Sanaa university, Yemen. Subject and Method: descriptive cross sectional research design was carried out in the study. Sample: include 230 female's employees at Sanaa university Yemen. Tools: Interview questionnaire was used which include three tools have been used first tool which include two parts: part one includes sociodemographic characteristics, part two used to assess knowledge about cholera, second and third tools used to assess attitude and reported practice of females about cholera disease. Result: the study clear that age of female participant means ± SD was 32.85± 5.84, poor level of knowledge about cholera was observed among (75.5%), the majority of study sample had negative attitude toward cholera while only 30% of them had poor practice. Also, there is statistically significant difference between level of education of female's employee with their knowledge and practice. Conclusion: The study revealed that poor level of knowledge, negative attitude and poor practice about cholera among female's employees at Sanaa university in Yemen. Recommendations: The present study recommended implement awareness campaigns and educational programs in universities to estimate the level of knowledge toward cholera disease, also vaccination against cholera, and to warn from the hazards of cholera outbreaks.