Orsido, Tujare Tunta
Asseffa, Netsanet Abera http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-2822
Berheto, Tezera Moshago
Article History
Received: 8 June 2018
Accepted: 21 February 2019
First Online: 28 February 2019
Competing interest
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from Ethical Review Committee (ERC) at College of Health Sciences and medicine in Wolaita Sodo University (WSU) with ref. number ERC/SPH/234/15. This committee works with the National Review Board for Research Ethics at Ministry of Science and Technology in Ethiopia and also in line with Ethical Committee in Health Bureau of Southern Ethiopia. Thus, an official letter confirming Ethical clearance to conduct the research was written from the committee to Wolaita Sodo University, College of Health Sciences, Department of Pediatrics and child Health, Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital, and then permission letter obtained from hospital director to NICU staffs to co-operate during data collection. Prior to initiating we requested waiver of consent to participate which was approved by the ERC.
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