About the Authors

Mulat Belay Simegn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mulatbelay560@gmail.com, mulat_belay@dmu.edu.et

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

Habtamu Geremew

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Health Science, Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia

Fraol Daba Chinkey

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia

Zekarias Tadele Alemneh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Science, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

Eyasu Bamlaku Golla

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Health Science, Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia

Alegntaw Abate

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science, Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia

Mohammed Ahmed Ali

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia

Smegnew Gichew Wondie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine and Health Science, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia

Hawi Kumbi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Laboratory, Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Ethiopia

Werkneh Melkie Tilahun

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.