Gebremichael, Mitsiwat Abebe
Lema, Tefera Belachew
Article History
Received: 1 June 2022
Accepted: 1 March 2024
First Online: 26 March 2024
Declarations
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: All study techniques were carried out in conformity with pertinent institutional, national, and international guidelines. This study is a community trial that was registered with the Pan African Clinical Trial Registry. The registry’s unique identification number is (PACTR201805003366358), and the registration date was 03/05/2018. The findings were reported using the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guideline (Additional file 2). The Jimma University Ethical Review Committee reviewed and approved the study protocol (ref no. RPGC/40724/2016). The West Shoa Zonal and Ambo district health offices permitted the study in Kebeles. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s). To get their written consent and ensure that all data was kept anonymous, study participants were made fully aware of the study’s purpose before their participation. Pregnant women received the intervention without receiving any incentives. Hard copy data is locked with a key to ensure confidentiality, whereas soft copy data is password protected. No personally identifying information will ever be utilized in the presentation of the results.
: The authors declare no competing interests.