Getnet, Fentabil
Demissie, Meaza
Worku, Alemayehu
Gobena, Tesfaye
Tschopp, Rea
Farah, Alinoor Mohamed
Seyoum, Berhanu
Article History
Received: 9 January 2021
Accepted: 18 June 2021
First Online: 30 June 2021
Declarations
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: The study was ethically approved by the Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee (IHRERC) of Haramaya University (Ref.No: IHRERC/009/2016), and AHRI/ALERT Ethical Review Committee (Ref.No: P001/17). Informed and written consent was obtained after information was provided for participants. Voluntarism and withdrawal from the study were guaranteed, and confidentiality of information is maintained. If a patient was illiterate, the participant information was read and consent was obtained in front of a witness who could sign the consent (InternalRef removed). All methods were carried out in accordance with the WHO and Ethiopian guidelines for Ethical Conduct and Publication of Health Research [CitationRef removed]. The protocol was performed following the Health Research guidelines of Haramaya University and Armauer Hansen Research Institute in Ethiopia.
: Not applicable.
: None of the authors have any competing interests.