Mandiwa, Chrispin
Namondwe, Bernadetta
Article History
Received: 12 October 2018
Accepted: 22 March 2019
First Online: 29 March 2019
Authors’ information
: CM has MPH and is a Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor at Malawi Ministry of Health, South-West Zone Quality Management Office in Blantyre. BN has BSc in Nursing and midwifery from University of Malawi – Kamuzu College of Nursing.
: Permission to use the data was obtained from the MEASURE DHS, which is the monitoring and evaluation body of the demographic health survey (DHS) globally. The original study obtained ethical clearance from the Malawi’s National Health Sciences Research Committee (NHSRC). All participants of the primary study provided verbal and written informed consents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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