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Article History

Received: 21 February 2023

Accepted: 23 February 2024

First Online: 19 March 2024

Declarations

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: This research has been done in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar (delegation given from the Institutional Review Board of University of Gondar) with reference number (MIDW/53/2014 E.c). Formal Letter of cooperation was written to regional health bureau from School of Midwifery and then regional health bureau wrote letter cooperation to respective referral hospitals and permission was obtained accordingly. The respondents were informed about the objective and purpose of the study and written informed consent was taken from each respondents and additionaly assent was taken from women whose age was below 18 years after informed consent was taken from thier parents. For uneducated participants, informed consent was obtained from their legal guardian(s) of all subjects. Also they were informed about their right of not participating in the study or withdrawing at any time. Confidentiality of the information was assured and collected anonymously.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.