Mekonnen, Gebrehiwot Berie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-7794
Mulatu, Sileshi
Legesse, Bruck Tesfaye
Messelu, Mengistu Abebe
Baye, Fikadie Dagnew
Tilaye, Birara Ayichew
Fekadie, Mengistu Melak
Demile, Tiruye Azene
Belayneh, Asnake Gashaw
Mamo, Sosina Tamre
Tsehay, Yeshimebet Tamir
Adal, Ousman
Haile, Betelhem Amha
Munie, Birhanu Mengist
Amare, Abraham Tsedalu
Belay, Bekalu Mekonen
Wondie, Wubet Tazeb
Article History
Received: 8 October 2024
Accepted: 26 January 2025
First Online: 7 March 2025
Declarations
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: Since, this study used secondary data or children medical records, the need for informed consent and ethical approval was waived by Institutional Review Board of the University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences on behalf of the Ethical Review Committee of the School of Nursing (Ref.no SN/228/2014). A written permission letter was obtained from Amhara Public Health Institute for each Hospital (Ref.no APHI/03/1438). Finally, before collecting the data, a letter of permission to collect the data was obtained from the respective Comprehensive Specialized Hospital administrators to collect the data from each ART clinic. At the time of abstraction, personal identifiers (name and contact numbers) were excluded. The data were kept strictly confidential and used only for study purposes. All of the procedures were carried out by considering the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.