Adane, Mesafint Molla http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-5027
Alene, Getu Degu
Mereta, Seid Tiku
Wanyonyi, Kristina Lutomya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bahir Dar University, “Mecha” Health and Demographic Surveillance system research funding scheme (RCS/253/09)
Article History
Received: 12 December 2019
Accepted: 23 April 2020
First Online: 15 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study proposal was reviewed and obtained approval on April 04, 2018, from the Ethical Review Committee of Bahir Dar University at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences with protocol number: 088/18-04. Written informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from participants following the distribution of written information sheets in “Amharic” (both official and study area language) to all participants. The informed consent process emphasized voluntary participation, and consent to participation could be withdrawn at any time, without giving a reason and without affecting their current or future benefits to which the participant was entitled. Also, no investigation was performed beyond the approved proposal and all data were analyzed anonymously.
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: None declared under financial, general, and institutional competing interests.