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Article History

Received: 1 June 2021

Accepted: 31 March 2022

First Online: 12 April 2022

Declarations

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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulation. The analyses was done using the publicly available Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) software. HEAT contains the disaggregated Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data that are publicly available via the WHO Health Equity Monitor database. HEAT has been cleared for dissemination and use by World Health Organization. Because the ethical clearance was approved by the institution that commissioned, funded and managed the overall MICS program, further ethical clearance was not required. Informed consent from the participants before survey was ensured by those responsible for survey deployment. The ICF International as well as an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in the country (Central Bureau of Statistics (Sudan)) also ensured that the protocols are in compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations for the protection of human subjects.

: Not applicable.

: The author declares no competing interests.