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Article History

Received: 22 September 2017

Accepted: 11 June 2018

First Online: 18 June 2018

Authors information

: WS; Lecturer of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Head of Public Health department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jigjiga University, Jigjiga Town, Eastern Ethiopia; WA; Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Department of Radiology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; BM. School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.

: Approved by the ethical review board of Jigjiga University, College Medicine and Health Sciences. An official support letter was obtained from the medical director of the Hospital and the ART department as well. Written informed consent from study participants were not feasible since this was analysis of secondary data retrieved from the patient cards/database which is available in the Hospital. Because of this reason the ethical committee of the university waived written consent from the study participants directly. The hospital database management department had consented each HIV/AIDS patients to use the data for research purpose through confidential way at the time of enrolment to the ART program.

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