Adewuya, Abiodun O. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7611-6953
Shettima, Falmata
Dahiru, Asmau
Oladipo, Olabisi E.
Abimbola, Seye
Abdulmalik, Jibril
Fasawe, Adedolapo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (HQHSR1814539)
Article History
Received: 28 September 2025
Accepted: 16 September 2026
First Online: 21 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study procedures received ethical clearance from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ethics Committee (LREC/06/10/1294) and the WHO Ethics Review Committee (ERC.0003302). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. The manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any identifiable form (e.g., individual details, images, or videos). Illustrative quotes are de-identified and presented to reflect general themes.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.