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Article History

Received: 8 January 2021

Accepted: 29 March 2021

First Online: 7 April 2021

Declarations

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: Ethical clearance and approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Gondar. Then, official letter of support was written to Gozamen district health office. Additionally, written informed consent was sought and obtained from each participant after the purpose and objectives of the study were explained to them before they were recruited into the study. With regard to participants who were minors (participants under the age of 16 years), consent to participate in the study was sought and obtained from the parents/guardians before they were included in this study. Confidentiality was maintained at all levels of the study by avoiding the use of names and other identifiers. Participants’ involvement in the study was on a voluntary basis; participants who were unwilling to participate in the study and those who wish to quit their participation were informed to do so without any restriction.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.