Bune, Girma Tenkolu
Article History
Received: 22 August 2023
Accepted: 7 March 2024
First Online: 4 April 2024
Declarations
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: All of the ethical standards and principles mentioned in the Helsinki Declaration, as well as those necessary to address the ethical aspects of human research, were taken into account. Based on this, the proposal was submitted for ethical clearance to the Addis Ababa University (AAU) College of Health Sciences School of Public Health (SPH) Research and Ethics Committee (REC), followed by the College of Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) (Meeting No.001/2017 and protocol No.0069/16/SPH). Following that, an official letter from the SPH was delivered to the relevant Southern Nations Nationalities Regional health bureaus, Gedeo zone, and Woreda health bureaus, as well as all of the institutions chosen to conduct the study, noting the aforesaid ethical approval reference number. Finally, prior to data collection, all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s) provided informed and signed consent. The information was collected in an unlinked and anonymous fashion, with no personal identification. After receiving formal approval, each subject was enlisted entirely freely. Any data gathered throughout the study was kept as private as possible. To ensure the individual’s privacy, physical measures were taken in a screened-off ART clinic room. All biochemical testing were performed at no cost, and the results were forwarded to doctors for additional investigation and potentially therapy. Taking all of the preceding information into consideration, I affirm that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and statement to confirm that all experimental protocols were approved by a named institutional and/or licensing committee.
: Not applicable.
: The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies.(HYPERLINK "#_ENREF_31"31)
: I confirm that there is no competing of interests in this research work.