Reimers, Penelope
Israel-Ballard, Kiersten
Craig, Marlies
Spies, Lenore
Thior, Ibou
Tanser, Frank
Coutsoudis, Anna
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH.1759-05946-SUB)
Article History
First Online: 24 July 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Approval for the study was obtained by both the University of KwaZulu Natal’s Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BE001/13) and the PATH Research Ethics Committee (HS721) and all procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Approval was also obtained from local stakeholders, which included the Provincial Department of Health as well as the Manager of the Maternal and Child Health Program, KZN. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.