Prevalence of and factors associated with lactational mastitis in eastern and southern Africa: an exploratory analysis of community-based household surveys.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was nested within the CAIA-MNCM project, a multi-country project aiming at examining key reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health indicators. Approvals for the CAIA-MNCM project were obtained from the Amhara Public Health Institute Research Ethics Review Committee in Ethiopia (R/T/T/D/3/634), the Amref Health Africa’s Ethics and Scientific Review Committee (ESRC) in Kenya (P724/2019), the Malawi’s National Health Science Research Committee (NHSRC) (19/08/2387), The United Republic of Tanzania’s National Institute for Medical Research (R.8a/Vol. IX/3275), and The Hospital for Sick Children Research Ethics Board (REB) (Ethiopia: 66299, Kenya: 65962, Malawi: 65821, Tanzania: 66199). The authors confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. All participating women provided informed consent. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This research study was nested within the Canada-Africa Initiative to Address Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality, which was supported by Global Affairs Canada, under the Partnerships for Strengthening Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health initiative (project number: D-001988). LB is partly funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) as part of her Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship."