Asefa, Anteneh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-1848
Gebremedhin, Samson http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-2470
Marthias, Tiara http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-9473
Nababan, Herfina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7818-4132
Christou, Aliki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9525-8255
Semaan, Aline http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8348-1206
Banke-Thomas, Aduragbemi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4449-0131
Tabana, Hanani http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1576-2238
Al-beity, Fadhlun M. Alwy http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-6876
Dossou, Jean-Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1681-2604
Gutema, Keneni http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-7242
Delvaux, Thérèse http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-2648
Birabwa, Catherine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-9275
Dennis, Mardieh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4152-4604
Grovogui, Fassou Mathias http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7356-9677
McPake, Barbara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9904-1077
Beňová, Lenka http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-365X
Article History
Received: 2 March 2023
Accepted: 14 September 2023
First Online: 2 October 2023
Declarations
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: We did not require ethical approval for this study as it used publicly available de-identified secondary data.The original DHS received ethics clearance from ethical committees of participating countries. Informed consent was obtained from all survey participants before the actual survey. DHS data of all included countries were downloaded from the DHS program website upon approval.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.