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Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Adisu Tafari Shama, Bikila Regassa Feyisa, Adisu Ewunetu Desisa, Edosa Tesfaye Geta, Melese Chego Cheme, Afework Tamiru Edosa Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Dufera Rikitu TerefaDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, P.O.Box=395, Nekemte, EthiopiaTel +251-922260706Email duferarikitu24@gmail.com; duferar@wollegauniversity.edu.etBackground: Ethiopia has received 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility and planned to vaccinate 20% of its population by the end of 2021. However, evidence on the current uptake of the vaccine in our country is scanty. Therefore, this study aimed to assess COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia.Methods: A national online cross-sectional E-survey was conducted on COVID-19 vaccine Uptake and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia from June 1 to 30, 2021. A semi-structured questionnaire was created on Google forms and disseminated online. The snowball sampling technique through the authors’ network with Ethiopian residents on the popular social media like Facebook, telegram, and email was used. Descriptive statistics were performed. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25, and all variables with P-value < 0.05 and adjusted odds ratio at 95% CI were used to declare the predictors of the outcome variable.Results: A total of 522 health professionals participated in the survey, of which about 324 (62.1%) of them were vaccinated with any of the COVID-19 vaccines at least once. The study indicated that COVID-19 vaccine uptake was associated with age range from 35 to 44 years [AOR = 12.97, 95% CI: 2.36– 71.21], age beyond 45 years [AOR = 18.95, 95% CI = 2.04– 36.29], being male [AOR = 2.91, 95% CI = 1.05,8.09]

Wakuma Akafu Eseta,1 Teferi Daba Lemma,2 Edosa Tesfaye Geta3 1Ghimbi District Health Office, Ghimbi, Oromia, Ethiopia; 2Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia; 3School of Public Health, Institute of Health, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Edosa Tesfaye Geta Nekemte 395, EthiopiaTel +251987055188Email edotesfa@yahoo.comBackground: Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is a prepayment method of financial contributions for healthcare which aims to risk pooling, avoidance of catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure. However, a high dropout from the scheme remains the biggest challenge to effective and sustainable progress towards universal financial protection in low- and middle-income countries. While large literature had examined initial enrollment and factors associated with it, only a few studies dealt with dropout. So the study aimed to assess the magnitude and determinants of dropout from community-based health insurance among households in Manna district, Jimma zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data from 634 household heads from March 1 to 30, 2020. A multistage sampling technique was carried out and interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed, and variables with a P-value< 0.05 were considered as having a statistically significant association with the dropout from the CBHI.Results: Magnitude of dropout from CBHI was 31.9% with 95% confidence interval (CI)=28.2– 35.8% and relatively older age [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) (95% CI)=0.26 (0.10– 0.78)], educational level [AOR (95% CI)=0.16 (0.06– 0.41)], family size [AOR (95% CI)=0.36 (0.19– 0.66)], poor perceived quality of service [AOR (95% CI)=5.7 (2