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Article History

Received: 7 May 2019

Accepted: 7 September 2019

First Online: 24 September 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Committee, Health Science College and Comprehensive Specialized Hospital of Aksum University. Consent was also obtained from Aksum town administration bureau. The objective and importance of the study were explained clearly to the study participants. Moreover, participants were informed that their participation is not compulsory and can leave the participation at any time during the interview. Respondents were also assured that their information will be kept confidential. Data were collected after full informed written consent was obtained from each study subjects. Informed verbal consent and assent also obtained from their parents for those whose age was less than 16 years old. In order to keep the confidentiality of respondents’ data, their name was kept anonymous.

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: This manuscript maintains no competing financial interest declaration from any person or Organization or non-financial competing interests such as political, personal, religious, ideological, academic, intellectual, commercial or any other. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.