Background: Patient satisfaction is the perception of carereceived compared with the care expected and patients thereby evaluate the health-careservices as well as the providers from their own subjective point of view. Patient satisfaction with nursing care is considered an important factor in explaining patients' perceptions of service quality. Objective:To assess the level of Patient satisfaction towards inpatient nursing services and its determinants in Arba Minch general hospital Gamo Gofa zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia, April 2017. Methods:A Cross-Sectional Survey was conducted among adult patients admitted to medical, surgical and gynecological wards of Arba Minch General Hospitals on April 2017. Data was collected in accordance with a modified 'Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale' (NSNS). Data was analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences/SPSS version 20.Results: There were 323 study participants involved in this study. Majority of them 208(64.4%) were females followed by 115(35.6%) males. More than one third 127(39.3%) of study participants were in Age range of 25-34 years with Mean age of 33.65 ± (SD =10.48) years. Majority of participants 198(61.3%) were admitted for 1-5 days followed by 58(18.0%) were admitted for 11-15 days and mean duration of hospitalization of study participants was 6.68 ± (SD=5.65) days. Overall patient satisfaction about inpatient nursing service in the hospital was 132(40.9%). Age category 35-44 years, Respondents attended college and University, Rural residents, Patients admitted to Medical ward, Patients admitted several times and patients admitted second time, Patients with history of surgical operation and Duration of hospitalization more than 15days were factors associated patient satisfaction. Conclusion:Based on this study we conclude that the level of overall adult Patient satisfaction about inpatient nursing service in the hospital was very low. The amount and type of information provided for patients was poor, nurses' awareness about patient needs and keeping privacy of patients in all wards was also low.This requires imperative attention by responsible bodies to enhance patient satisfaction.

Background: Drug use is a complex subject involving the prescriber, the dispenser, the patient and pharmaceutical institutions. It is influenced by factors such as drug availability, prescriber's experience, and knowledge of dispensers, health budget, cultural factors and many more. Inappropriate drug use is the problem of the whole world; however the degree of the problem is higher in developing countries like Ethiopia.

Background: Approximately 99% of maternal deaths are occurring in developing countries and most of these deaths could have been prevented if mothers had access antenatal care (ANC) during pregnancy, were attended by a skilled birth attendant. However the prevalence of skilled birth attendance and institutional delivery were still low in developing countries like Ethiopia. Therefore this study was aimed at exploring the reasons for low skilled birth attendance in rural communities of Chencha District Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia.Objective: To assess the status of skilled birth attendance and its determinants among mothers in rural communities of Chencha district, southern Ethiopia, December 2016.Methods: A community based cross sectional study that employed quantitative data collection method was conducted. Multi stage sampling technique was used for selection of study participants. A pre tested semi-structured questionnaires via interview was used to collect data on different variables. Results: There are 500 women who had children less than 5 years old were participated in this study. Majority of participants 356(71.2%) were in the age group of 26-30 years with Mean age of 27.44 (3.076) years. Age of the mother 21-25 years [AOR=1.56 (1.204-3.516), Government employed husband [AOR=1.669 (1.475-81.642), Mothers with monthly income above 5000 ETB [AOR=2.196 (1.051-4.590), No ANC followup[AOR=0.915 (0.375-0.953), Mothers who reported health professionals are not well skilled [AOR=0.227 (0.085-0.607) and Health facility in less than 5km distance [AOR=3 .116 (1.916-5.068) were independent predictors of skilled birth attendance utilization. Conclusions:Our study revealed that prevalence of skilled birth attendance below one third. Age of the mother 21-25 years, Mothers with government employed husband, mothers with monthly income above 5000 ETB, ANC follow-up, Health professionals skilled and Health facility in less than 5km distance were predictors of skilled birth attendance utilization. Designing strategies to address these variables by responsible bodies is critical.

Background: Food insecurity and HIV/AIDS are interrelated in with each other. Food insecurity is one of a key contributor of the HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality in the world. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity in order to give current evidence to design intervention measures for improvement of food security.

Background: Drug use is a complex subject involving the prescriber, the dispenser, the patient and pharmaceutical institutions. It is influenced by factors such as drug availability, prescriber's experience, and knowledge of dispensers, health budget, cultural factors and many more. Inappropriate drug use is the problem of the whole world; however the degree of the problem is higher in developing countries like Ethiopia.