Jejaw, Melak
Demissie, Kaleb Assegid
Tiruneh, Misganaw Guadie
Abera, Kaleab Mesfin
Tsega, Yawkal
Endawkie, Abel
Negash, Wubshet D.
Workie, Amare Mesfin
Yohannes, Lamrot
Getnet, Mihret
Worku, Nigusu
Belay, Adina Yeshambel
Asmare, Lakew
Alemu, Hiwot Tadesse
Geberu, Demiss Mulatu
Hagos, Asebe
Article History
Received: 20 March 2024
Accepted: 25 November 2024
First Online: 5 January 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The ethical approval and permission to obtain the data were freely access from the DHS website . During the original DHS data collection process, international and national ethical guidelines were considered. Ethical clearance for the original DHS data was approved by the ICF Macro Institutional Review Board, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) in each country, in accordance with United States Department of Health and Human Services requirement for human subject protection. According to DHS, all respondents and /or their legal guardians(s) of minors’ (age below 16) provided written consent to participant. All the methods were done based on Helsinki declarations. No information obtained from the data set was disclosed to any third person. The study is not an experimental study. Further explanation of how DHS uses data and its ethical standards can be found at: .