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Article History

Received: 21 February 2023

Accepted: 22 February 2024

First Online: 6 March 2024

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed] and all procedures involving research study participants were approved by the institutional review board of the Addis Continental Institute of Public Health with reference number ACIPH/IRB/004/2015 and University of Gondar institutional review board reference number V/P/RCS/05/352/2019. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants which was approved by Institutional Ethical Review Board of Addis Continental Institute of Public Health. Verbal consent was witnessed and formally recorded for all study participants.

: Not applicable.

: ¹ Global Health and Migration Unit, Department of Women’s and Children Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ²Department of Nutrition and Behavioral sciences, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.⁴Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.⁵Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.