Worku, Workie Zemene
Azale, Telake
Ayele, Tadesse Awoke
Mekonnen, Dawit Kassahun
Article History
Received: 19 March 2023
Accepted: 9 June 2023
First Online: 21 June 2023
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Gondar granted ethical permission with reference number (Ref. No; V/P/RCS/05/1977/2020,) and this study is part of a cohort study that aimed to investigate the effects of HIV infection on pregnancy outcomes among women attending antenatal care in Referral Hospitals of the Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. Letters of permission were granted from the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital top management, ANC clinics' focal person and PMTCT clinic coordinator. Each participant willingly provided written informed permission for the study at the time of enrolment after being informed of the aim and purpose of this study. Ethical principles such as autonomy and confidentially of information were maintained throughout conducting the interview in safe and private settings, managing the audiotapes and transcriptions, which were stored in a secured file cabinet in the researcher's office, and separating the recordings and transcriptions from the signed consents. During analysis, codes were used instead of personal identifiers. The Declaration of Helsinki was followed in the conduct of this investigation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.