Table 1. Characteristics of the included studies in the meta-analysis, Ethiopia.

Author	Year	Region	Prevalence	Design	Sample	Population
Shiferaw H et al. [43]	2018	AA	10.8	FBCS	598	HIV+
Getachew S et al. [44]	2018	AA	25	FBCS	520	All
Bante SA et al. [47]	2019	Amhara	20.9	CBCS	577	All
Aweke YH et al. [56]	2017	SNNPR	9.9	CBCS	583	all
Nega AD et al. [48]	2018	Amhara	10	FBCS	496	HIV+
Nigussie T et al. [49]	2019	Amhara	15.5	CBCS	737	all
Bayu H et al. [64]	2016	Tigray	19.8	CBCS	1186	all
Assefa AA et al. [57]	2019	SNNPR	40.1	FBCS	342	all
Gebreegziabher M et al. [65]	2016	Tigray	10.7	FBCS	225	all
Solomon K et al. [61]	2019	Oromia	25	FBCS	475	HIV+
Tefera and Mitiku [50]	2017	Amhara	11	CBCS	620	All
Muluneh BA et al. [51]	2019	Amhara	13.28	CBCS	467	CSWs
Seyoum T et al. [58]	2017	SNNPR	9.6	FBCS	281	all
Geremew AB et al. [26]	2018	Amhara	no data	1152	98.7
Michael E et al. [42]	Unpub	Oromia	17.6	CBCS	250	all
Galibo T et al. [41]	2017	National	2.9	CBCS	5823	all
Kassa AS et al. [52]	2018	Amhara	7.3	CBCS	735	all
Erku DA et al. [53]	2017	Amhara	23.5	FBCS	302	HIV+
Woldetsadik AB [45]	2020	AA	12.2	FBCS	425	All
Aynalem BY et al. [54]	2020	Amhara	5.4	CBCS	822	All
Asres T [55]	Unpub	Amhara	18	FBCS	322	Healthcare
Dulla D et al. [59]	2017	SNNPR	11.4	FBCS	367	Healthcare
Heyi WD et al. [62]	2018	Oromia	5.8	CBCS	845	All
Berhanu T et al. [66]	2019	AA	9.3	CBCS	291	Healthcare
Tekle T et al. [60]	2020	SNNPR	22.9	CBCS	520	All
Ashagrie A [63]	Unpub	Oromia	16	FBCS	318	HIV+

AA: Addis Ababa; CSWs: Commercial sex workers.

CBCS: community based cross-sectional study; FBCS: facility based cross-sectional study.