American Research Journal of Infectious Diseases

Objective: The main aim of this study is to determine the pooled estimate of good knowledge and positive attitude towards COVID-19 among health care providers in Ethiopia.

Methods: This review was registered on PROSPERO with registration number CRD42020213000. PubMed, Advanced Google search, and Google Scholar databases were searched up to June 20, 2020, to identify relevant articles.

Result: This research searched a total of, 126 articles, from this articles 19 from PubMed, 6 from advanced Google search, 45 from Google scholar databases, and 56 were pre-print unpublished sources. A total of 3752 study participants within 10 articles were used to pool the prevalence of Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 among health care providers in Ethiopia and the pooled prevalence of knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 was 73.01% with 95% CI (65.8% - 80.21%) and 70.72% (59.68%-81.77%) respectively. Place of residence [AOR= 0.24, 95% CI (0.14– 0.43)], and social media use [AOR= 2.51, 95% CI (1.53–4.12)] for knowledge while educational status [AOR= 2.41, 95% CI (1.33–4.39)], and status of knowledge were also identified as factors affecting attitude towards COVID 19 among healthcare providers in Ethiopia.

Conclusion: The level of knowledge and attitude towards COVID 19 among healthcare providers working in Ethiopia was very low and variables such as residence and social media use were factors affecting knowledge while educational status and knowledge were factors affecting attitude towards COVID 19 among healthcare providers.