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Article History

Received: 20 May 2019

Accepted: 28 April 2020

First Online: 18 May 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Authority to conduct the research was sought from the Graduate School of Kenyatta University. Ethical clearance to conduct the study was sought from the Ethical Review Committee of Kenyatta University (ref. number KU/R/COMM/51/321) and permission to conduct the research from the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) - clearance reference number S. No. 3164. Informed written or thumb print consent was sought from the respondents who were selected to take part in the study. Mothers who were less than 18 years of age signed assent forms before participating in the study. Participants were assured of confidentiality. The names of the participants were included in the questionnaires only for reference during the interviews. All the participants were also assured that the information they gave would only be used for purposes of research and that findings would be communicated to them.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.