Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• Mothers of 18 and above years

• Having a child of 0–12 months old

• Minimum of at least 1 year of stay in the community.

• Signed (or thumb-printed) informed consent document

• Mothers below 18 years of age.

• Mothers with children reported to be above 12 months of age.

• Visiting mothers and those who had stayed in the community for less than 1 year.

• Refusal to provide consent for participation in the study.

• Critically sick mothers