Alemu, Eyob Akalewold
Tesfa, Mahlet Alehegn
Nigatu, Solomon Gedlu
Birhan, Tilahun Yemanu
Yitageasu, Gelila
Demoze, Lidetu
Taddese, Asefa Adimasu
Article History
Received: 2 April 2025
Accepted: 28 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Change Date: 25 August 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-026-06109-2
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable—consent from participants is not required since a publicly available dataset was used. Permission to access the data was obtained from the Measure DHS Program ( ) via an online request after explaining the purpose of the study. The website and the data used are publicly available and contain no personal identifiers. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The DHS also confirmed that informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardians during the primary data collection.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.