Ethics approval and consent to participate
Ethical approval to conduct the study was obtained from Addis Ababa University, Institutional Review Board (IRB). Supportive letters to conduct the study were obtained from Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa University and Regional Health Bureau. Permission was requested from local administration’s administrators while informed written consent was obtained from each respondents/legal guardians prior for the interview; sample drawing and respondents were participated based on their willingness. Clinical malaria cases were treated immediately at the health post as per the national malaria diagnosis and treatment guideline and referred for any complications. Confidentiality of all information was kept; the questioners were locked in the shelf.
Consent for publication
Not Applicable
Availability of Data and Material
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available with principal investigator.
Competing Interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests
Funding
This project didn’t receive any financial support from donors, but it was supported by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Health by providing necessary supplies and the cost for data collection was financed by the researcher for the fulfillment of PhD in water and public health stream. The supplier had no role in study design, data collection and analyses, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Author Contributions
EMG: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, supervised the laboratory investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft and final manuscript
HHT: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review and editing manuscript, overall supervision and follow up
MDZ: Writing – review and editing manuscript, supervision and follow up
All authors read and approved the final manuscript
Authors' information (optional)
EM: PhD Student in Water and Health Program, Specialization in Water and Public Health Stream; Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Ababa University; Email: [email protected]; Mobile: +251 910009500
HHT: PhD in Epidemiology; Senior Researcher; Ethiopian Public Health Institute; Email: [email protected]; Mobile: +251 978641821
MDZ: PhD in Water and Health Program, Specialization in Water and Wastewater Treatment; Education Coordinator; Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Ababa University; Email: [email protected], Mobile: +251(0) 911 085805
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Health for providing necessary supplies for field work during this study project implementation. We also thank Addis Ababa University for ethical approval and funding this study. We would also like to acknowledge all the participants who took part in this study for their cooperation and tolerance.
Footnotes
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