Sani, Jamilu
Halane, Salad
Ahmed, Mohamed Mustaf
Ahmed, Abdiwali Mohamed
Mohamoud, Jamal Hassan
Article History
Received: 17 January 2025
Accepted: 11 July 2025
First Online: 15 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study employed secondary data from the 2020 Somalia Demographic and Health Survey (SDHS). The SDHS was conducted in accordance with international ethical standards, and ethical approval for the primary data collection was granted by the ICF Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the Somalia Ministry of Health. As this secondary analysis used fully anonymized data, no additional ethical approval was required.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.