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Article History

Received: 27 May 2022

Accepted: 3 February 2023

First Online: 8 March 2023

Declarations

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: All procedures were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) of Nigeria – protocol number NHREC/01/01/2007–10/04/2017. The communities were contacted through lead contact persons, and permission to undertake the study was obtained from the heads of the communities. The participating women and their partners were informed of the purpose of the study, and individual written informed consent was obtained from them to conduct the study. They were assured of the confidentiality of information obtained, and that such information would only be used for the study and not for other purposes. No names or specific contact information were obtained from the study participants. Only women that agreed to participate in the fully explained study were enlisted in the study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.