Article History
Received: 16 September 2019
Accepted: 12 October 2019
First Online: 25 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethical Committee of School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health sciences, University of Gondar. Additional official written permission letter was obtained from Amhara Regional Health Bureau. Official permission was obtained from each private health facility. Written informed consent was obtained from each study participant. Confidentiality was maintained at each level of the study.HIV and HCV infected study participants were linked to antiretroviral therapy clinic for further additional counsel.
: Consent to publish is not applicable for this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.