Bilal, Selamawit Mengesha
Tadele, Henok
Abebo, Teshome Abuka
Tadesse, Birkneh Tilahun
Muleta, Mekonnen
W/Gebriel, Fitsum
Alemayehu, Akalewold
Haji, Yusuf
Kassa, Dejene Hailu
Astatkie, Ayalew
Asefa, Anteneh
Teshome, Million
Kawza, Aknaw
Wangoro, Shemels
Brune, Thomas
Singhal, Nalini
Worku, Bogale
Aziz, Khalid
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (NCT03506698)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2019
Accepted: 10 November 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional review board (IRB) at College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University with ref. no of 091/08. Participation was on voluntary base and participants received full information before the interview session and consent was obtained and also recorded before the data collection. Participants who were literate were provided with written information about the aims of the study, its benefits and confidentiality, and written consent was obtained from these participants. For those participants who were illiterate, the purpose of the study, its benefits, and confidentiality were explained by the interviewer or moderator and then verbal consent was obtained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.