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Status of the latest 2016 World Health Organization recommended frequency of antenatal care contacts in Sierra Leone: a nationally representative survey

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08594-y

Published Online: 2022-09-28

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Sserwanja, Quraish https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-4627
Musaba, Milton W. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-4044
Kamara, Kassim

Mutisya, Linet M.

Mukunya, David
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Article History

Received: 19 September 2021

Accepted: 21 September 2022

First Online: 28 September 2022

Declarations

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: High international ethical standards are ensured during MEASURE DHS surveys and the study protocol is performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines. The SLDHS 2019 survey protocol was reviewed and approved by the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee and the ICF Institutional Review Board. Written informed consent was obtained from human participants and written informed consent was also obtained from legally authorized representatives of minor participants. This data set was obtained from the MEASURE DHS website (URL:) after getting their permission, and no formal ethical clearance was obtained since we conducted a secondary analysis of publicly available data.

: The data set used in this study is openly available from MEASURE DHS website and the modified data set that was used for the final analysis can be availed upon request from the corresponding author.

: Not applicable.

: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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