Tesfay, Wagnew http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3267-1752
Abay, Mebrahtu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3307-0588
Teklehaimanot, Berhane Fseha
Gebremedhin, Ataklti
Article History
Received: 1 September 2023
Accepted: 14 March 2024
First Online: 1 April 2024
Declarations
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: Cognizant to the declaration of Helsinki for researches involving human participants, this study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards set by the nation [CitationRef removed]. As a result, expedited ethics approval was received from Aksum university, college of health sciences, health research ethics review board (HRERB). Permission was obtained from those in charge of the SC to collect relevant data items for this study. After getting an approval from research ethics review board of Aksum university, college of health sciences, informed written consent was obtained from all participants through their caretakers (legal guardians). Similarly, the research ethics review board of Aksum university approved that caretakers (legal guardians) who were illiterate to sign the informed written consent using their fingerprint.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.