Having a latrine facility is not a guarantee for eliminating open defecation owing to socio-demographic and environmental factors: The case of Machakel district in Ethiopia

• Abathun Temesgen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Debre Elias District Health Office, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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• Mesafint Molla Adane,

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

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Amsalu Birara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Tebkew Shibabaw

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tebkews@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3981-4824

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