Bune, Girma Tenkolu
Yalew, Alemayehu Worku
Kumie, Abera
Funding for this research was provided by:
Addis Ababa University (not Applicable)
Article History
Received: 9 October 2019
Accepted: 14 April 2020
First Online: 7 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All the ethical guidelines and principles placed in the Declaration of Helsinki and others, necessary to address the ethical aspects of the research initiated in humans were taken into account. Based on that, the proposal submitted to Addis Ababa University (AAU) College of Health Sciences School of public health Research and Ethics Committee (REC) and then to College of health science Institutional Review Board (IRB) (Meeting No.001/2017 and protocol No.0069/16/SPH) to obtain ethical clearance. Subsequently, the official letter granted from the School of public health by citing the above ethical approval reference number was distributed to the respective Southern Nations Nationalities Regional health bureaus, Gedio zone, and Woreda health bureaus, including to all of the institutions selected to conduct the study. Lastly, to ensure voluntary participation, written consent preceded with oral was attained from each individual.
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: I confirm that there are no competing interests in this research work.