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Article History

Received: 21 October 2021

Accepted: 20 December 2021

First Online: 15 January 2022

Declarations

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: Qualitative data collection was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [Ref number 9276] and the Egyptian Society for Healthcare Development IRB [Ref number 1/2019]. Both review boards approved informed verbal consent/assent to be obtained from study participants, as many participants were from rural areas and may not be able to read and write. We obtained verbal consent from adult participants and married girls ages 16–17 who are considered emancipated minors in this context. An oral assent process was used for unmarried children 10–17 and married children under age 16. This was coupled with oral permission from their parent/guardian. The quantitative data was publicly available through the DHS program, so ethical approval was not required.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.