Gurara, Mekdes Kondale http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8977-8772
Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre
Gutema, Befikadu Tariku
Draulans, Veerle
Jacquemyn, Yves
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad
Article History
Received: 25 September 2020
Accepted: 25 January 2021
First Online: 2 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Review Board of Arba Minch University. Written informed consent was obtained from each study participant; for those participants who were unable to read we obtained a thumbprint to continue with the interview. Since all the participants included in this study were 18 years old or more, consent from the parents/guardians of the minors was not required. Privacy and confidentiality of information were assured before obtaining the data. A formal letter of permission was obtained from the Arba Minch Zuria district health office.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.