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Article History

Received: 16 August 2018

Accepted: 19 July 2019

First Online: 16 August 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The assessment was initiated by SURE-P MCH management with the approval of the eight participating states and the study protocol was approved by Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme – Maternal and Child Health (SURE-P MCH) ethics committee with reference SURE-P MCH/2015/01/28–05-15 and funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Nigeria. A written permission was obtained from SURE-P MCH steering committee to access all SURE-P MCH supported health facilities to conduct the assessment. Randomly selected participants were recruited strictly on their voluntary permission through written informed consent. Participants under the age of 18 years but married, pregnant or with a baby is considered an ‘emancipated minor’ in Nigeria hence informed that she would be contacted to participate in a personal interview and written informed consent was also received. The study information was carefully explained to participants using the participant’s information sheet which preceded the signing of the informed consent forms. Confidentiality of each participant was maintained during and after data collection as coded responses are held on secure computers only and not disclosed to anyone outside the study team.

: Not Applicable.

: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist whatsoever and no funding was received for writing this manuscript.