Self-medication practice with anti-malarial drugs and its associated factors among patients with fever attending public health facilities in Dera District, Northwest Ethiopia

• Wondimnew Desalegn Addis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wondimnewd@gmail.com

  Affiliation Public and Environmental Health Education and Service Directorate, Department of Epidemiology, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0556-1512

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• Agmas Wassie Abate,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Department of Integrated community and Mental Health, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-6239

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• Negede Yiheyis Tasew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation South Gondar Zone Health Department, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Amare Yirga Abate,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation South Gondar Zone Health Department, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Belete Asnake Sitotaw,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation South Gondar Zone Health Department, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Abay Semagn Kassie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Medical Doctor and Pediatrician, Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Elelta Mulugeta Ayalew,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Public and Environmental Health Education and Service Directorate, Department of Health Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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• Birhanemaskal Malkamu,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3385-7361

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• Kindie Mitiku

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Public and Environmental Health Education and Service Directorate, Department of Reproductive Health, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

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