Kofi Amegah, A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5868-6402
Ayinemi, Roland
Sewor, Christian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1155-4730
Fenta, Haile Mekonnen
Yeboah, Kelvin
Mohammed, Seidu Awal
Dwomoh, Duah
Annim, Samuel K.
Stranges, Saverio
Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science for Africa Foundation; Grant number- GCA/MNCH/round6/036
Article History
Received: 23 November 2023
Revised: 15 May 2024
Accepted: 17 May 2024
First Online: 28 May 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interest.
: As this study leverages secondary data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), no ethical approval and consent were required. Notwithstanding, DHS, the program directors ensured that IRB-approved procedures were used with all women interviewed giving verbal consent before data were collected. In this study, before the use of the dataset, the DHS Program gave the authors permission to use the dataset.