Background The world is being challenged by the COVID-19 outbreak that resulted in a universal concern and economic hardship. It is a leading public health emergency across the globe in general and developing countries in particular. Strengthening good preventive behavior is the best way to tackle such pandemics. Objective The study assessed preventive behavior and associated factors towards COVID-19 among residents of Qellam Wallaga Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2020. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected by interview and analyzed using SPSS version 23.0. Binomial logistic regression was used to test the association between the variables. An Adjusted Prevalence with 95% CI was used to express the associations and interpret the findings. Results Among 634 participants, 417(65.8%) were from urban residences, and 347 (54.7%) belongs to a female. Age ranges 18 years through 87 years. Only 68(10.7%) participants showed good preventive behavior for COVID-19. The majority of them (84.7%) perceived that the disease is very dangerous and 450(71.0%) of them believe that they are at high risk. More than 17% of the respondents have sufficient knowledge. Respondents with sufficient knowledge about COVID-19 were about 2 times more likely to exercise good preventive behavior compare to those with insufficient knowledge, [(APR: 2.1; 95% CI: [1.2, 3.9)]. The urban residents was 3.3 more than that of rural residents to practice good preventive behavior, [(APR: 3.3; 95% CI: [1.6, 6.4)]. Respondents who use social media as a source of information were more than 2 times more likely to have good preventive behavior compared to those who did not, [(APR: 2.3; 95% CI: [1.3, 3.4)]. Conclusion Adoptions of COVID-19 preventive behavior in the study population is very low. Due emphasis should be given to rural residents. Risk communication activities should be strengthened through effective community engagement to slow down and stop the transmssion of the disease in the community.

Abstract. This paper provides empirical evidence of agile method adoption in smaller companies in Ethiopia. Agile methods are emerging as best practice for software development in the global north. So, is there evidence that agile methods are being used in Ethiopia? A Grounded Theory approach was adopted using face-to-face interviews with 17 software professionals from 7 software companies, which were selected by using a snowball sampling technique. The interviews were semi-structured and open-ended and have been audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed. It was discovered that agile principles, values and practices are important to study participants. Agile practices are used to encourage user participation and clarify requirements. However, it was found that many projects are for government clients that mandate extensive requirements and design documentation which must be approved prior to delivery of working software that complies with predefined delivery schedules.

Background: Social health insurance is a form of healthcare financing mechanism for raising and pooling funds to finance and manage health services to attain universal health coverage. Cost-sharing between beneficiaries and governments is critical to achieving universal health care coverage. To address this, Ethiopia is currently introducing social health insurance.Objective: To assess the willingness and associated factors to join and pay social health insurance among public sectors workers in Didu woreda, southwest Ethiopia,2018Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 15-30, 2018 on 280 public sector workers of Didu Woreda. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used, and data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to compute crude odd ratio with its 95% confidence interval to test the associations between dependent and independent variables and a P-value of 0.05 with a confidence interval of 95% was used to declare the level of statistical significance.Results: 280 public sectors workers participated, with a response rate of 98.2%. About 33.6% of the public servants had never heard of any type of health insurance scheme. However, 47.5% of them were willing to join for the suggested insurance scheme from these about 58% of those who were willing to join are willing to pay 3%of their monthly salary that was proposed. Willingness to join was significantly associated with the age of respondents, marital status, job description, how much paid, the satisfaction of the respondents, and previous history of borrowing money for the medical service fees.Conclusion: willingness to join and pay in this study was found to be 47.5% and 58% respectively. Therefore, adequate awareness creation and discussion should be made with all employees.

BackgroundSocial health insurance is a form of healthcare financing mechanism for raising and pooling funds to finance and manage health services to attain universal health coverage. Cost-sharing between beneficiaries and governments is critical to achieving universal health care coverage. To address this, Ethiopia is currently introducing social health insurance.ObjectiveTo assess the willingness and associated factors to join and pay social health insurance among public sectors workers in Didu woreda, southwest Ethiopia,2018MethodologyA cross-sectional study was conducted from April 15–30, 2018 on 280 public sector workers of Didu Woreda. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used, and data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to compute crude odd ratio with its 95% confidence interval to test the associations between dependent and independent variables and a P-value of 0.05 with a confidence interval of 95% was used to declare the level of statistical significance.Results280 public sectors workers participated, with a response rate of 98.2%. About 33.6% of the public servants had never heard of any type of health insurance scheme. However, 47.5% of them were willing to join for the suggested insurance scheme from these about 58% of those who were willing to join are willing to pay 3%of their monthly salary that was proposed. Willingness to join was significantly associated with the age of respondents, marital status, job description, how much paid, the satisfaction of the respondents, and previous history of borrowing money for the medical service fees.Conclusionwillingness to join and pay in this study was found to be 47.5% and 58% respectively. Therefore, adequate awareness creation and discussion should be made with all employees.

Introduction: Cost-sharing between beneficiaries and governments is critical to achieving universal health care coverage. To address this, Ethiopia is currently introducing social health insurance. Therefore, the current study aimed to assess the willingness and associated factors to join and pay social health insurance among public sectors workers in Didu Woreda, southwest Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 15 to 30, 2018 on 280 public sector workers of Didu Woreda. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used, and data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to a compute crude odd ratio with its 95% confidence interval to test the associations between dependent and independent variables and a p-Value of 0.05 with a confidence interval of 95% was used to declare the level of statistical significance. Results: About 47.5% of participants were willing to join for the suggested insurance scheme these about 58% of those who were willing to join are willing to pay 3% of their monthly salary that was proposed. Willingness to join was significantly associated with the age of respondents, marital status, job description, how much paid, the satisfaction of the respondents, and previous history of borrowing money for the medical service fees. Conclusion: Willingness to join and pay in this study was found to be 47.5% and 58% respectively. Therefore, adequate awareness creation and discussion should be made with all employees.