Balancing adaptations and fidelity of implementation strategies to optimize primary healthcare in Ethiopia: Lessons from embedded implementation research

• Biruk Bogale ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Biruk Bogale, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh

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

  * E-mail: biruk.bogale@jsi.org

  Affiliation JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5449-9378

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• Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Biruk Bogale, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh

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

  Affiliations JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5842-9518

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• Mesele Damte Argaw,

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

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Agumasie Semahegn,

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

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Nebreed Fesseha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Chala Tesfaye,

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

  Affiliation JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Mikiyas Teferi,

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

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Hillina Tadesse,

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

  Affiliation JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Mebrie Belete,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Addis Girma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Temesgen Ayehu,

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

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Yibeltal Siraneh,

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

  Affiliations MERQ Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Health Policy and Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Yibeltal Kifle,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MERQ Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw,

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

  Affiliation JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Dessalew Emaway

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation JSI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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