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Article History

Received: 9 February 2023

Accepted: 1 July 2023

First Online: 8 September 2023

Declarations

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: Due to high illiteracy levels, verbal informed consent was obtained from all women for their participation in the study prior to enrolment and initiation of the first interview. An abbreviated oral consent was used for subsequent data collection to affirm agreement for continued participation. The study, including use of oral informed consent, was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (reference number: 00009692) and the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.