Nigusie, Adane
Azale, Telake
Yitayal, Mezgebu
Derseh, Lemma
Article History
Received: 17 April 2021
Accepted: 20 October 2022
First Online: 6 November 2022
Declarations
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: This study was done in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Gondar with a ref. No O/V/P/RCS/05/1048/2019 on a date of March 4 2019. Official letter that explains the objectives of the study was written to the respective Amhara public Health Institute. The Amhara public Health institute wrote a letter to zonal health department. The zonal health department was wrote a letter of support for each selected district health office. The selected district health office in turn wrote a letter of support for the study kebeles for cooperation. The objectives and the benefits of the study were explained for the study participants. Informed written consent was obtained from each participant. On top of that, for the participants who were illiterate, the researcher read the information sheet, checked if they understood, and asked them to fingerprint when they agreed to participate, and this was approved by the ethical committee. The full name of the ethical committee which approved the procedure of ethical issues was: Professor Feleke Moges (Chair-person), Mr. Nigusie Yigzaw (Secretary), Dr. Missaye Mulat (Member), Dr. Alemayehu Tekilu (Member), Dr. Bimrew Admasu (Member), and Mr. Abyot Endale (Member). The right of the participants to withdraw from the study whenever they wanted to do so was respected. The anonymity and confidentiality of the respondents were ensured. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not-applicable.
: The authors declared that they have no competing interest.