Preconception care services in Northern Ethiopia: A qualitative exploration of awareness, experiences, challenges, opportunities, and prospects

• Gebremedhin Gebreegziabher Gebretsadik ,

  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: gebremedhingebretsad@gmail.com

  Affiliations College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-0875

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• Alemayehu Bayray Kahsay,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Andargachew Kassa Biratu,

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

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

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• Amanuel Gessessew,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

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• Zohra S. Lassi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-6334

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• Afework Mulugeta

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

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

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