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Tsige Mnasie Smret,1 Rahel Kesete Weldegergis,2 Oliver Okoth Achila,3 Alexander Mulugeta Tekle4 1Department of Optometry, Biet Mekae Community Hospital, Asmara, Eritrea; 2Department of Optometry, Vision Express Eye Care Clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 3Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 4Department of Optometry, Hazhaz Zonal Referral Hospital, Asmara, EritreaCorrespondence: Tsige Mnasie Smret; Rahel Kesete Weldegergis, Email tsigemnasie@gmail.com; rachelkesete@gmal.comBackground: Presbyopia is an age-related progressive decrease of near vision, corrected by near addition glasses. These age-appropriate glasses, however, vary across different geographical locations and populations. But there is no existing information on the age-based addition for Asmara and high number of uncorrected presbyopes, so this study determined the required age-based addition for the presbyopes in Asmara.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on patients aged 35– 60 years who visited all eye centers in the city. Patients with best-corrected visual acuity in both eyes better than 6/9 were included in the study. Near add was calculated using Monocular Estimation Method (MEM) and amplitude of accommodation results. Data entry and analysis were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences v. 20.Results: This study included 1310 participants of whom 48.5% were females and 51.5% were males. The prevalence of presbyopia was found to be 74.1% out of which 44% were females. There were 35.6% of the participants with a previous prescription for glasses, though only 24% of the participants presented with glasses on. Among the different occupational categories, laborers were the ones who had the highest number of presbyopes (79.5%), office workers (73%), and housewives (68.7%). The mean age of those with presbyopes was 49.5 ± 5.8 years. Multivariable analysis performed for presbyopia showed that older age an

Samuel Tekle Mengistu,1 Oliver Okoth Achila,2 Simon Tesfay Negash,3 Yonathan Tesfaldet,4 Naod Yeibyo Tewolde,5 Nahom Asmerom Yohannes,6 Peniel Tsehaye Embaye,7 Fanus Yemane,3 Beyene Abraha,7 Goitom Hagos,8 Yoseph Tewolde9 1Nakfa Hospital, Ministry of Health Northern Red Sea Branch, Nakfa, Eritrea; 2Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 3Adi Keih Hospital, Adi-Keih, Eritrea; 4Akurdet Hospital, Akurdet, Eritrea; 5Ghindae Hospital, Ghindae, Eritrea; 6Gedem Naval Hospital, Gedem, Eritrea; 7Department of Clinical Sciences, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 8Department of Internal medicine, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 9Department of Surgery, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, EritreaCorrespondence: Samuel Tekle Mengistu, General Practitioner, Nakfa Hospital, Northern Red Sea Ministry of Health, Nakfa, P.O. Box - 5659, Asmara, Eritrea, Tel +2917535772, Email teklesam7@gmail.comBackground: Provision of high-quality emergency care for acute, life-threatening illnesses can significantly reduce DALY and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present data on the profile of an Emergency Department (ED) in the largest referral hospital in Eritrea and potential gaps for intervention.Patients and Methods: This was a prospective single-center observational study of 1093 patients who presented to the ED between September and October of 2020. Data were collected using a questionnaire from the patients’ interview, observation and medical record review. The data were summarized using descriptive statistics and where applicable logistic regressions were performed.Results: The median age was 45.0 years among the patients. In terms of acuity, 741 (68.5%), 283 (26.2%), 48 (4.4%), 10 (0.9%) patients were triaged as green, yellow, red, and black, respectively. In addition, the number of self-referred patients was 857 (79.1%) and a

Samuel Tekle Mengistu,1 Oliver Okoth Achila,2 Simon Tesfay Negash,3 Yonathan Tesfaldet,4 Naod Yeibyo Tewolde,5 Nahom Asmerom Yohannes,6 Peniel Tsehaye Embaye,7 Fanus Yemane,3 Beyene Abraha,7 Goitom Hagos,8 Yoseph Tewolde9 1Nakfa Hospital, Ministry of Health Northern Red Sea Branch, Nakfa, Eritrea; 2Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 3Adi Keih Hospital, Adi-Keih, Eritrea; 4Akurdet Hospital, Akurdet, Eritrea; 5Ghindae Hospital, Ghindae, Eritrea; 6Gedem Naval Hospital, Gedem, Eritrea; 7Department of Clinical Sciences, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 8Department of Internal medicine, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 9Department of Surgery, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, EritreaCorrespondence: Samuel Tekle Mengistu, General Practitioner, Nakfa Hospital, Northern Red Sea Ministry of Health, Nakfa, P.O. Box - 5659, Asmara, Eritrea, Tel +2917535772, Email teklesam7@gmail.comBackground: Provision of high-quality emergency care for acute, life-threatening illnesses can significantly reduce DALY and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present data on the profile of an Emergency Department (ED) in the largest referral hospital in Eritrea and potential gaps for intervention.Patients and Methods: This was a prospective single-center observational study of 1093 patients who presented to the ED between September and October of 2020. Data were collected using a questionnaire from the patients’ interview, observation and medical record review. The data were summarized using descriptive statistics and where applicable logistic regressions were performed.Results: The median age was 45.0 years among the patients. In terms of acuity, 741 (68.5%), 283 (26.2%), 48 (4.4%), 10 (0.9%) patients were triaged as green, yellow, red, and black, respectively. In addition, the number of self-referred patients was 857 (79.1%) and a