Ibrahim, Medina
Beyene, Hunachew
Tolcha, Alemu
Eskendir, Habtamu
Assefa, Abiyu Ayalew http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-3586
Article History
Received: 15 July 2022
Accepted: 24 April 2023
First Online: 2 May 2023
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All the ethical guidelines and principles placed in the Declaration of Helsinki and others, essential to address the ethical aspects of the research commenced in humans were taken into account. Accordingly, primarily an ethical approval letter was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Hawassa University College of medicine and health science (Reference Number: IRB O56/11). Then a written letter from the University was obtained and submitted to the Boricha district health office. All sampled populations were encouraged to participate in the study while at the same time, they were told their right not to participate was also respected.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.