About the Authors

Megbey Berhe

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

Araya Abraha Medhaniye

Affiliation School of Public Health, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Gizienesh Kahsay

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

Ermyas Birhane

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

Mebrahtu Abay

gmebrahtuabay@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MB. Data curation: MB MA. Formal analysis: MB MA EB GK. Funding acquisition: MB. Investigation: MB. Methodology: MB AAM MA GK EB. Project administration: MB. Resources: MB AAM MA GK EB. Software: MB AAM MA GK EB. Supervision: AAM MA GK. Validation: MB AAM MA GK EB. Visualization: MB AAM MA GK EB. Writing – original draft: MA. Writing – review & editing: MB AAM MA GK EB.