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Article History

Received: 10 April 2023

Accepted: 17 May 2023

First Online: 2 June 2023

Declarations

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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional review board (IRB) of Hawassa university college of Medicine and Health Sciences with a reference number of IRB/193/14; Date: 21/06/2022. After the letter of permission was obtained, the letter was taken to the head of Shebadino Woreda health office, and consent was obtained from the Woreda health officer and then from the head of each health posts catchments. At the time of data collection respondents were informed about the purpose of the study and informed written Consent was obtained from the study participants. The data for this study was collected following the declaration of Helsinki. We confirm that all methods were performed per the relevant guidelines and regulations by including a statement in the “Ethics approval and consent to participate” section under ‘Declarations’ to this effect.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.