Agala, Chris B. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7157-814X
Fried, Bruce J.
Thomas, James C.
Reynolds, Heidi W.
Lich, Kristen Hassmiller
Whetten, Kathryn
Zimmer, Catherine
Morrissey, Joseph P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (GHA-A-00-08-00003-00)
Article History
Received: 30 September 2019
Accepted: 10 May 2020
First Online: 5 June 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The design, conduct and result reporting of this study adhered to the ethical compliance equirements of the ethics committees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA, FHI360 and the Ethiopian government and all research work (interviews) were performed only after voluntary verbal consent from the participants. Only human subjects participated in this study. The study was reviewed and approved by three ethics review boards: Office of Human Research Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill IRB Number 11–0282, the Office of Research Ethics at FHI 360 and the Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau in Ethiopia. This study was not a trial and did not need to be registered as such. Informed verbal consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.Here are the contacts for the IRBs and ethics committees that reviewed and approved the parent study:OrderedList removedContact:100 Europa Drive.Suite 365.Chapel Hill, NC 27517 CB: 2212.Phone: +1 (919) 843–2594.Email: irb_questions@unc.eduOrderedList removedOrderedList removed
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.