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Garbo, Belachew Shote
Kerbo, Amene Abebe
Dana, Wokil Wolde
Daga, Wakgari Binu
Woldegeorgis, Beshada Zerfu
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Article History
Received: 23 January 2024
Accepted: 4 September 2025
First Online: 1 October 2025
Declarations
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: Wolaita Sodo University, College of Health Sciences and Medicine Institutional Ethical Review Committee granted ethical approval. In addition, WSUCSH provided permission to carry out the research. We requested all subjects for voluntary participation and reassured them that confidentiality of information they provide. We took verbal informed consent for disclosure, understanding and voluntariness. Investigators respected the autonomy of study participants through decision-making. For the minority participants (age ≤ 18 years), we took verbal consent from their parents or caregivers. We used anonymity and omitting personal identity information to guarantee confidentiality of all study participants.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
