"Kunika women are always sick": views from community focus groups on short birth interval (kunika) in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria

• Main Authors: Umaira Ansari (Author), Juan Pimentel (Author), Khalid Omer (Author), Yagana Gidado (Author), Muhd Chadi Baba (Author), Neil Andersson (Author), Anne Cockcroft (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Northern Nigeria, short birth interval is common. The word kunika in the Hausa language describes a woman becoming pregnant before weaning her last child. A sizeable literature confirms an association between short birth interval and adverse perinatal and maternal health outco...