Alemayehu, Mussie
Medhanyie, Araya Abrha
Reed, Elizabeth
Bezabih, Afework Mulugeta
Funding for this research was provided by:
FMOH,Ethiopia
Article History
Received: 20 March 2020
Accepted: 6 August 2020
First Online: 14 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Mekelle University College of Health Sciences with a reference number of ERC 1435/2018. Permission was obtained from all relevant authorities in the Afar regional health bureau and participating district health offices. Verbal consent was secured before conducting the interviews. A one-page consent letter was attached to the cover page of each questionnaire as an information sheet which includes a detail description about the purpose of the study, benefit, and risk of participating in the study, participation is voluntary, the right to withdraw from the study, identification of informant was possible only through specific identification numbers and the privacy and confidentiality of collected information.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they don’t have a competing interest.