Zerdo, Zerihun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6509-4672
Bastiaens, Hilde
Anthierens, Sibyl
Massebo, Fekadu
Masne, Matewos
Biresaw, Gelila
Shewangizaw, Misgun
Tunje, Abayneh
Chisha, Yilma
Yohannes, Tsegaye
Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre
Article History
Received: 20 July 2020
Accepted: 1 October 2020
First Online: 15 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial mentioned above was approved with written consent procedure to be followed by the Institutional Research Ethics review Board (IRB) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University with the reference number of IRB/154/12. Official permission letter to conduct the research is submitted to district health offices and education offices in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts. Support letter written by the respective education offices was given to each participating school to support and participate in the study and written consent was obtained from the school headmasters. Parents of the selected SAC were invited to come to the schools and written consent was obtained before data collection at school and household levels. Written informed consent was obtained from each of the selected students’ parent at school and documented in college of medicine and Health Sciences in Arba Minch University.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that we have no competing interests.