Low birth weight and associated factors among HIV positive and negative mothers delivered in northwest Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia,2020 a comparative crossectional study

Elsa Awoke Fentie; Hedija Yenus Yeshita; Moges Muluneh Bokie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263812

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Low birth weight and associated factors among HIV positive and negative mothers delivered in northwest Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia,2020 a comparative crossectional study

Elsa Awoke Fentie ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: elsaawoke91@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2485-3764

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Hedija Yenus Yeshita,

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Moges Muluneh Bokie

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-2691

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Low birth weight and associated factors among HIV positive and negative mothers delivered in northwest Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia,2020 a comparative crossectional study

Elsa Awoke Fentie,
Hedija Yenus Yeshita,
Moges Muluneh Bokie

Published: February 11, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263812

About the Authors

Elsa Awoke Fentie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: elsaawoke91@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2485-3764

Hedija Yenus Yeshita

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Moges Muluneh Bokie

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-2691

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

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