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Mesele Damte Argaw, Email: mdamte5@gmail.com
The authors of this manuscript are MDA, TRM, KDG, BFD, HDD, WM, WE, DD, ADM, and AYD. MDA is the principal researcher of the study. MDA, TRM, and KDG made a substantial contribution to the conception and design of the study. MDA, BFD, HDD, WM, WE, DD, ADM, and AYD were responsible for overseeing the fieldwork, conducting the INIs, analyzing the data, interpreting the analysis, and drafting the manuscript. MDA, the corresponding author, submitted the manuscript for publication. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors are grateful to the Health Studies Higher Degrees Committee, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, and the Amhara Regional State Health Bureau, Research and Technology Transfer Core Process for granting the ethical review and approval of this research. We are indebted to the owners and managers of the health facilities for their consent and cooperation and to the data collectors (Dr. Andualem, Dereje, Dejen, Habtamu, and Melsew) for their meticulous field work. We thank Heran Demissie for editing the English language of the manuscript.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
This research is part of thesis work for the fulfillment of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in Health Studies at UNISA. The data collection process was funded by a bursary of UNISA. The funder does not have any role in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, and writing of the manuscript.
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