Bayih, Mulat Tirfie
Belayneh, Melesse
Mekonen, Wasihun
Article History
Received: 21 October 2023
Accepted: 25 March 2024
First Online: 9 May 2024
Declarations
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: A letter of ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bahir Dar University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (protocol number 00312/2020), and a formal permission letter was obtained from the Dangila administrative council and health office. Before collecting the data, verbal informed consent was taken from all subjects and their legal guardian(s) and the process of verbal informed consent was approved by the ethics committee (Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bahir Dar University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences). Each study participant was informed about the purpose of the study, and participation was voluntary without payment for their participation. Each study participant was also informed that they had the right to withdraw at any time during the interview. All gathered information were protected from its confidentiality, anonymity was explained clearly to participants. Except for the principal investigator, information is not exposed to a third person.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.