Kumera, Gemechu
Gedle, Dereje
Alebel, Animut
Feyera, Fetuma
Eshetie, Setegn
Article History
Received: 8 February 2018
Accepted: 8 June 2018
First Online: 12 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from an ethical review committee of the institute of public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar prior to data collection. Permission was taken from the University of Gondar Hospital administrators, and written informed consent was obtained from each study participants prior to participation in the study after the nature of the study was fully explained to the study participants. Participants were told that they had full right to participate or not, and they were also informed that all the data obtained from them would be kept confidential using codes instead of any personal identifiers. Women who had intestinal parasites and anemia were treated accordingly. Those participants identified as undernourished were given nutritional counseling and Ready Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in collaboration with the clinicians working in an ART clinic at Gondar hospital.
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