Alemayehu, Mussie
Gebrehiwot, Tesfay Gebregzabher
Medhanyie, Araya Abrha
Desta, Alem
Alemu, Tesfu
Abrha, Atakelti
Godefy, Hagos
Funding for this research was provided by:
UNFPA-Ethiopia Tigray Branch
Article History
Received: 29 May 2019
Accepted: 25 May 2020
First Online: 1 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The institutional review board (IRB) of Mekelle University (MU) reviews and approved the study. Ethical clearance to conduct the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Mekelle University. Accordingly, a letter of cooperation was written to the Tigray regional health bureau and official permission was secured. Then, a support letter was written to all district health offices included in the survey. Study participants were informed about the purpose of the study, anticipated benefits and harm, how they are chosen to participate, data collection procedures and their full right to refuse, withdraw, or completely reject part or all of the study. The participant’s name was not documented or recorded. Verbal consent was obtained from each study participant and it was approved by the IRB of MU.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.