Mekonnen, Birye Dessalegn https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-1330
Vasilevski, Vidanka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-811X
Bali, Ayele Geleto https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5139-6568
Sweet, Linda https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-1186
Article History
Received: 17 July 2025
Accepted: 18 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Deakin University Human Research Ethics Committee (DUHREC) with approval number 2023 − 401. Additionally, the PMA Ethiopia survey received ethical approval from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) Institutional Review Board (FWA00000287) and Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences (AAU/CHS) (Ref: AAUMF 03–008). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.