Werdofa, Hirut Megersa
Thoresen, Lisbeth
Lulseged, Belayneh
Lindahl, Anne Karin
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Norwegian Programme supported this research under the Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (agreement no. ETH-13/0024)
Article History
Received: 17 December 2022
Accepted: 31 March 2023
First Online: 17 April 2023
Declarations
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: The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics of South East Norway (REC), section B (ref 2017/1050b) and the Institutional Review Board of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (reference number PM23179/25/9/2017) provided ethical approval for this study. The two ethical approval letters (from REC and St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College Institutional Review Board) and a support letter were submitted to the study hospital and permission was obtained from hospital Medical director. The study was voluntary and participants who agreed to take part in the study signed informed consent form. The audio interviews data and transcripts were numbered to protect the participants’ confidentiality and participants were given the assurance that their anonymity would always be respected and protected. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.