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Authors
Ekholuenetale, Michael
Nzoputam, Chimezie Igwegbe
Barrow, Amadou
Arora, Amit
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Article History
Received: 30 August 2024
Accepted: 20 January 2025
First Online: 3 February 2025
Declarations
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: This study is a secondary data analysis of the DHS which is publicly available, and approval was granted for its use. Written consent was obtained from mothers/caregivers and data were recorded anonymously at the time of data collection during the DHS. The Nigerian DHS is conducted according to the local Nigerian research ethics requirements. Data for this analysis were accessed via the publicly available DHS data sets, with access granted through the DHS programme. As this was a secondary data analysis, further research ethics approval was not required; however, in accordance with DHS regulations, all data extracted from the NDHS for the purpose of this study were handled as confidential and survey respondents remained unidentified. This study conforms to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
