Table 1.

Descriptive summary of fifteen included studies in the systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors	Year of study	Region	Study setting	Sample size	Prevalence of IFAS (%)
Abel et al. [13]	2015	Addis Ababa	Facility-based	557	60.1 (56.03,64.17)
Gashaw et al. [14]	2017	Amhara	Facility-based	418	28.7 (24.36, 33.04)
Gebremichael et al. [15]	2018	Tigray	Facility-based	222	10.5 (6.47, 14.53)
Habtamu et al. [16]	2018	Amhara	Facility-based	412	47.6 (42.78, 52.42)
Tsegaye et al. [17]	2018	Amhara	Facility-based	348	52.9 (47.66, 58.14)
Tarekegn et al. [18]	2016	Amhara	Facility-based	395	28.01 (23.58, 32.44)
Alemayehu et al. [19]	2017	Amhara	Facility-based	262	44 (37.99, 50.01)
Mekdemariam et al. [20]	2015	Tigray	Facility-based	320	64.7 (59.46, 69.94)
Tesfaye et al. [21]	2017	Amhara	Facility-based	418	55.3 (50.53, 60.07)
Zemenu et al. [22]	2015	SNNPR	Community-based	422	38.3 (33.66, 42.94)
Bekele et al. [23]	2013	Amhara	Community-based	634	20.4 (17.26, 23.54)
Abinet et al. [24]	2015	SNNPR	Community-based	303	39.2 (33.70, 44.82)
Asmamaw et al. [25]	2018	Amhara	Facility-based	422	43.1 (38.38, 47.82)
Negussie et al. [26]	2017	SNNPR	Community-based	317	51.4 (45.90, 58.90)
Afework et al. [27]	2014	Tigray	Facility-based	358	37.2 (32.09, 42.21)