Afaya, Agani http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-2999
Abukari, Alhassan Sibdow http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7530-6501
Mohammed, Shamsudeen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3771-8425
Article History
Received: 6 June 2022
Accepted: 29 August 2022
First Online: 13 September 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was not required for this secondary analysis. However, for the primary survey, the MEASURE DHS sought approval from the institutional review boards (IRBs) at ICF and The Gambia Government/Medical Research Council (MRC) Joint Ethics Committee in The Gambia before the commencement of data collection [CitationRef removed]. The MEASURE DHS approved our use of the 2019–20 GDHS data for this study. Individual informed consent was sought from all participants during the survey. The survey was in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.