Tapera, Oscar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-4745
Article History
Received: 24 April 2019
Accepted: 13 August 2019
First Online: 20 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study did not require ethical approval as it was a statistical analysis of secondary data that was obtained from and permitted by ICF/DHS program. The ZDHS surveys were ethically approved by the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe.This study involved processing of de-identified data and therefore it presented no risks to the participants who provided the data. Some of the analysis outputs were presented as aggregated data at province level. However, in carrying out the study and sharing the outputs the researcher was guided by the ethics principles as enshrined in the Belmont Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The author declare that they have no competing interests.