Communities’ perceptions towards cervical cancer and its screening in Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia: A qualitative study

• Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie, Gedion Asnake Azeze

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Gedion Asnake Azeze ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie, Gedion Asnake Azeze

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: dearged2011@gmail.com

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-8648

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• Netsanet Abera Asseffa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

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• Eyasu Alem Lake,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Befekadu Bekele Besha,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Kelemu Abebe Gelaw,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Taklu Marama Mokonnon,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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• Mohammed Suleiman Obsa

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

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