“…The present result is consistent with the study conducted among patients attending public health facilities in Maputo City, Mozambique with 15.7% of prevalence [32]; result from Pakistan, Lal Qilla visited to health care center 17.3% [33] and from Hadhramout, Yemen [34] with 18.8%. This result was higher than reports from Kemisie, Ethiopia [35], Butajira, Ethiopia [36], Bangladesh [37], and Eritrea [38] with 5.3%, 0.93%, 3.97% and 2.2% respectively. In contrary, it is less than that reported in Kersa Woreda Jimma 43.8% [39], Hallaba, Ethiopia [40] with 82.8% and Nigeria by 39.5% [41].…”