Is deployment of trained nurses to rural villages a remedy for the low skilled birth attendance in Ethiopia? A cluster randomized-controlled community trial

• Taddese Alemu Zerfu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Henok Taddese

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

  * E-mail: tadalzerfu@gmail.com

  Affiliations Maternal and Child Well Being Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

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• Henok Taddese ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Henok Taddese

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

  Affiliation College of Health and Medical Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

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• Tariku Nigatu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Public Heath, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Girma Tenkolu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation College of Health and Medical Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

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• Dina Neelofur Khan ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Sibhatu Biadgilign ,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Public Health Research Consultant, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Amare Deribew

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation St. Paul Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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