Marew, Tesfa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6734-9982
Belete, Anteneh
Richmond, Frances J.
Gebre-Mariam, Tsige https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7619-2270
Funding for this research was provided by:
Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Science, Addis Ababa University, and Armauer Hansen Research Institute
Article History
Received: 1 May 2026
Accepted: 17 June 2026
First Online: 25 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University (CHS_IRB-086/19/SoP:02/2021). Informed verbal consent was obtained from all study participants prior to data collection. To maintain confidentiality, no personal identifiers were used during data analysis and reporting of the findings.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.