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The major objective of the survey is to assess the availability and preparedness of health facilities in Ethiopia to provide quality Tuberculosis services. The survey was part of the 2014 Ethiopia Service Provision Assessment Plus Survey. A total of 1,327 health facilities were assessed. The results shows that more than two out of three (69%) facilities excluding health posts in Ethiopia offer any TB diagnostic, treatment or/and treatment follow up services. Among all health posts, 29% of them offer any TB diagnostic services and any treatment and/or treatment follow up services. Six in ten (59%) of facilities excluding health posts use sputum smear only to diagnose TB. Of those facilities offering any TB services more than half (60%) have trained staff. Among facilities excluding health posts offering any TB services, 44% have guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of TB, 18% have guideline for diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB, and 9% have guideline for management of HIV and TB co-infection.As a conclusion we can say that any TB diagnostic, treatment or/and treatment follow up services is available in more than half of the facilities in Ethiopia excluding health post. Half of the health facilities in Ethiopia excluding health post have guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of TB.

Although chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been of major importance in developed countries for several decades, currently it is becoming recognized as a major public health threats in the developing world too.The increasing NCDs burden is compounded by failure in provision of clear and up-to-date evidence on the burden for key decision makers. The present study is designed to collect retrospective secondary data from selected Government and Private Hospitals in Addis Ababa that offer services to out-patients of NCDs through special referral clinics. The Objective of this research is to depict the patterns and trends of common NCDs in Government and Private Hospitals in Adds Ababa, and provide decision makers with information on the burden of NCDs at health facility level.In order to collect retrospective data, four Governments and five Private owned Hospitals in Addis Ababa that offer referral clinic for NCD were selected. Data of NCD out-patients from 2007 to 2011 were considered for present study. Records of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, cancer, chronic kidney diseases and chronic pulmonary obstructive diseases including asthma were collected. The data were collected from Hospital registration and patient records anonymously by respective Hospital staff members assigned in the referral clinics.Records of 46,565 patients were collected and more than 60% data were obtained from TikurAnbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital and International cardiac center. Majority of the clients (77 %) were from urban areas while 23% from rural areas. With regard to gender, 56% of the patients are females and 44% males. As age increases the proportion of patients with NCDs increased and there was a decline after 54 years. Among the patients who were attending outpatient clinics, the vast majority about 40% were patients were with cardiovascular diseases while diabetes and cancer each independently accounts 20% of the proportion. Patients with chronic pulmo