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Correlates of antenatal care visits among expectant mothers in Malawi: application of generalised estimating equations and likelihood-based poisson and negative binomial mixed models

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Published Online: 2026-05-26

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Milala, Harry Chalistus

Kaombe, Tsirizani Mwalimu
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Article History

Received: 23 March 2026

Accepted: 14 May 2026

First Online: 26 May 2026

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Ethical approval and consent to participate: The study used secondary data that were collected by the Malawi National Statistical Office (NSO) in partnership with the Measure DHS program. The data owners have reported in the 2024 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) report that they adhered to proper ethics during data collection [ ]. These data were used after getting online approval by the Measure DHS program, through . All methods were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations.

Consent for publication: Not applicable

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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