Sanni, Usman Abiola
Usman, Fatima
Ogunkunle, Taofik Oluwaseun
Adamu, Adamu Sa’idu
Lamidi, Audu Isah
Lawal, Taslim Olatunde
Bello, Surajudeen Oyeleke
Na’uzo, Aliyu Mamman
Ibrahim, Tajudeen Lanre
Naphtal, Nyirimanzi
Shehu, Sa’adatu
Jibrin, Abdullahi
Farouk, Zubaida Ladan
Bashir, Muhammad Faruk
Adedeji, Idris Abiodun
Abdulsalam, Mohammed
Abdullahi, Yakubu
Imam, Abdulazeez
Article History
Received: 19 May 2024
Accepted: 19 July 2024
First Online: 24 July 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for our study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committees of the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (Reference number DASHREC0095), Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Birnin-Kebbi (Reference number FMC/BK/HP/045/P/517/V.III), Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (Reference number NHREC/21/08/2008/AKTH/EC/2222), and the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (Reference number ATBUTHREC0026/2020). Written informed consent was obtained from the mothers of the study participants. The four participating hospitals were also coded H1, H2, H3 and H4 for confidentiality reasons.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.