Biks, Gashaw Andargie
Shiferie, Fisseha
Tsegaye, Dawit Abraham
Asefa, Wondwossen
Alemayehu, Legese
Wondie, Tamiru
Zelalem, Meseret
Lakew, Yohannes
Belete, Kidist
Gebremedhin, Samson
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567, NV 018567)
Article History
Received: 7 June 2023
Accepted: 12 February 2024
First Online: 23 February 2024
Declarations
:
: The protocol was ethically approved by the institutional review board of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute. Informed consent to participate was obtained from participants and parents/legal guardians of minor participants.
: NA (Not Applicable).
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: <b>Author’s contributions</b>: WA & DA: initiated the study concept further enriched by SG, GAB, FS, TW, LA, MZ, YL, and KB. To the rest of the tasks, like study design, data collection, oversight, data interpretation, and manuscript writing all authors contributed equally. All authors have read and approved the manuscript.