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Received: 1 September 2017

Accepted: 2 August 2018

First Online: 17 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Clearance was sought from the University of Zambia Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (IRB 00001131). Permission was also obtained from the Ministry of Health (MoH) office of the Provincial Medical Officer, Luapula Province to carry out the study at the named sites.The study used secondary data and no contact was made with the participants. Anonymity and confidentiality was maintained by ensuring that no patient names appeared in the research findings; the information collected from the patient records was recorded anonymously and used purely for research purposes. Only the researcher had access to the patient records and no records were removed from the health centres.

: In line with national research guidelines, consent for publication of the manuscript was obtained from the National Health Research Authority.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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