Gidado, Saheed
Musa, Melton
Ba’aba, Ahmed Ibrahim
Francis, Mark Rohit
Okeke, Lilian Akudo
Bukar, Fatima Lawan
Nguku, Patrick M.
Hadejia, Idris Suleman
Hassan, Isa Ali
Bande, Ibrahim Muhammad
Onuoha, Martins
Usman, Rabi
Ugbenyo, Gideon
Godwin, Ntadom
Ilori, Elsie
Abulfathi, Aisha Aliyu
Mshelia, Lawi Auta
Mohammed, Abede Momoh
Abdullahi, Muhammad Maijawa
Bammami, Mohammed Isa
Nuorti, Pekka
Atkins, Salla
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampere University
Article History
Received: 22 September 2023
Accepted: 20 February 2024
First Online: 28 February 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC) [NHREC Approval Number: NHREC/01/01/2007-14/06/2022; NHREC Assigned Number: NHREC/01/01/2007]. In addition, we obtained the approval of the ethical committees of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States’ Ministries of Health. Furthermore, we sought and obtained the permission of the IDPs camps management. Prior to data collection, we explained the purpose and benefit of the research in local language to study participants. We assured them of voluntary participation and opportunity to withdraw from the study at any time without prejudice in line with Helsinki Declaration [CitationRef removed]. Informed consent was obtained from study participants and legally authorized representatives in this study. Moreover, we maintained confidentiality during and after the study. Importantly, we were guided by essential considerations of health research ethics in humanitarian contexts as described in the literature [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.