Mulubwa, Mwila http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2404-9717
Griesel, Heletje Aletta
Mugabo, Pierre http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-0551
Dippenaar, Ricky
van Wyk, Lizelle
Article History
First Online: 8 April 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: No specific funding was received for the conduct of this study or preperation of this manuscript.
: Mwila Mulubwa, Heletje Aletta Griesel, Pierre Mugabo, Ricky Dippenaar, and Lizelle van Wyk have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The ethics committee of the University of the Western Cape approved the study (certificate number: 12/2/21). Permission was sought from the research department of Netcare hospital (reference: UNIV-2012-0008) to conduct the study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the parents of each premature infant before enrolment in the study. Strict confidentiality was observed, and the study was carried out in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The parents had the right to withdraw their infants from the study at any time without giving a reason.