Etim, Eno-Obong E.
Odiachi, Angela
Dougherty, Leanne
Alabi, Matthew
Adetunji, Adetayo
Adedimeji, Adebola
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-033024, INV-033024, INV-033024, INV-033024, INV-033024, INV-033024)
Article History
Received: 8 April 2024
Accepted: 9 April 2025
First Online: 21 April 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC/01/01/2007-17/01/2022), all six states’ ethical committees (Bauchi (NREC/03/11/19B/2021/10); Borno (073/2021); Kaduna (MOH/ADM/744/VOL.1/1171); Kano (SHREC/2022/3078); Sokoto (SKHREC/016/2022) and Yobe (MOH/GEN/747), and the Population Council’s Institutional Review Board in New York (Protocol number 992). Written informed consent was also provided by all study participants before commencing interviews. Each participant provided individual written informed consent prior to the interviews, and for the FGD to be audio-recorded.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.