Implementing intravenous iron for maternal anemia in Nigeria: A qualitative study of healthcare provider experiences using the normalization process theory

• Damilola Onietan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University 5909 Veterans’ Memorial Lane, 8th Floor Abbie J. Lane Memorial Building QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Chisom Obi‑Jeff,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Brooks Insights Limited, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London. United Kingdom

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• Yusuf Adelabu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9136-8262

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• Mobolanle Balogun,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Clinical Trials, Research and Implementation Science, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Community Health & Primary Care, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Opeyemi Akinajo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Esther O. Oluwole,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health & Primary Care, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Aduragbemi Banke‑Thomas,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH), Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Bosede B. Afolabi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bosede B. Afolabi, Ejemai Eboreime

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Clinical Trials, Research and Implementation Science, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Ejemai Eboreime

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bosede B. Afolabi, Ejemai Eboreime

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ejemai.eboreime@dal.ca

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University 5909 Veterans’ Memorial Lane, 8th Floor Abbie J. Lane Memorial Building QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-2570

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