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Article History

Received: 28 January 2021

Accepted: 18 October 2021

First Online: 3 November 2021

Declarations

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: This study was ethically cleared by the Institutional Review Board of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI-IRB), with a reference number of EPHI 6.13/694. The study was carried out per relevant guidelines and regulations. Informed consent was taken from adult participants as well from parents and/or legal guardians in the case of minor participants before administering the questionnaires and collecting blood samples. Professionally qualified public health nurses conducted household questionnaire interviews; while, medical laboratory technologists collected blood samples from the participants for malaria examination. Although the pain is already minor, blood samples were obtained only by a single finger pricking to minimize the risks of pain at the fingertip extremely lower. To keep confidentiality, study participants’ data were coded separately and were accessed by the principal investigator (with permission of PI) only. All individuals found positive on RDTs at the field were treated according to the national malaria treatment guidelines [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed]. People declared negative by RDT but who were symptomatic or otherwise ill were referred to the nearest health facilities for further investigation.

: Not applicable, the manuscript does not contain data from any person.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.