Rodríguez, María
Bustos, Yamile Celis
Encarnación, Melanea
Muñoz, Elisabet
De los Santos, Sandra
Sánchez, Ingrid
Portorreal, Lissette
Sombie, Seydou Benjamín
Sall, Fatimata Bintou
Merle, Corinne Simone
Perez, Freddy
Funding for this research was provided by:
TDR (2021/1188581-0)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2024
Accepted: 26 December 2024
First Online: 9 February 2025
Declarations
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: The study obtained ethical approval from the WHO Research Ethics Review Board (Generic Protocol ID: ERC0003305, 08/06/2020) and the Ethics Committee of the Dr. Hugo Mendoza National Center for Research in Maternal and Child Health. Informed consent was obtained from each participant or respondent. For participants under the age of 16, consent to participate was obtained from their parents or legal guardians. All methods adhered to relevant guidelines and regulations.
: All authors and respondents involved in this research have consented to the publication of all paper details, data, tables, and images. These materials will be freely accessible on the internet.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The findings and conclusions of this article are the intellectual responsibility of its authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases of World health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, Nacional Health Service, and Ministry of Public Health of Dominican Republic.