Parents’ perception on cause of malaria and their malaria prevention experience among school-aged children in Kutcha district, Southern Ethiopia; qualitative study

• Zerihun Zerdo ,

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

  * E-mail: zedozerihun@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Global Health Institute, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6509-4672

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• Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health Institute, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Fekadu Massebo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Gelila Biresaw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Misgun Shewangizawu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Abayneh Tunje,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Yilma Chisha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of public health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Tsegaye Yohanes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Hilde Bastiaens ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5509-3406

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• Sibyl Anthierens

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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