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Mekonen, Enyew Getaneh
Zeleke, Gebreeyesus Abera
Belay, Jerusalem Ketema
Abuhay, Habtamu Wagnew
Yirsaw, Amlaku Nigusie
Lakew, Gebeyehu
Bazezew, Astewil Moges
Yismaw, Getaneh Awoke
Alemayehu, Meron Asmamaw
Aweke, Mekuriaw Nibret
Alemu, Gebrie Getu
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Article History
Received: 30 April 2026
Accepted: 20 August 2026
First Online: 1 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Permission was granted to download and use the data from before conducting the study. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the DHS Program, ICF International. The procedures for DHS public-use data sets were approved by the Institutional Review Board. Identifiers for respondents, households, or sample communities were strictly excluded, and no individual names or household addresses were included in the data files. The number for each EA in the data file does not have labels to show their names or locations. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Not applicable, as this study used publicly available secondary data with no direct involvement of patients or members of the public.
<b>Consent for publication</b>: Not applicable.
<b>Competing interests</b>: The authors declared that there was no competing interest.
