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Article History

Received: 31 October 2024

Accepted: 2 April 2025

First Online: 16 April 2025

Declarations

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: The project was approved by the Government of the Republic of Chad (letter of approval no. 0230/MEPD/SE/DG/0004/DONGAH/2019, project agreement no. 0668/DSAONGOC/2019). The study protocol for the situational analysis was approved by the Chadian National Bioethics Committee (authorisation no. 155/PR/MESRI/SG/CNBT/2019). The research protocol for the user satisfaction study was approved by the Chad National Bioethics Committee (CNBT) (authorisation no. 11/PR/MESRSI/SE/DG/CNBT/SG/2021). The North-Western and Central Switzerland Ethics Commission (Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz; EKNZ) confirmed that the study met all the requirements of a Swiss research project (AO_2021 - 00068), implying accordance with the protocol, the Declaration of Helsinki, the principles of Good Clinical Practice, the Human Research Act and the Human Research Ordinance. Written informed consent was obtained from all interviewees who agreed to participate in the studies.

: Consent for publication for Figure 4 from the health care provider and caregiver of the child is available.

: The authors are members of the project team, contributing to the design and implementation of the CDSS examined in this study. They hold a financial and employment relationship with the project under review.