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Cormick, Gabriela
Betrán, Ana Pilar
Harbron, Janetta
Dannemann Purnat, Tina
Parker, Catherine
Hall, David
Seuc, Armando H.
Roberts, James M.
Belizán, José M.
Hofmeyr, G. Justus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (223269)
Article History
Received: 11 August 2017
Accepted: 5 June 2018
First Online: 15 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from appropriate national and institutional ethics review bodies as applicable for each study site, and all participants provided informed written consent. The study was approved by the Research Project Review Panel of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) - World Health Organization (WHO) - World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction at the Department of Reproductive Health and Research of World Health Organization, and the World Health Organization Research Ethics Review Committee, Geneva, Switzerland. Approval has been obtained from the Health Sciences Faculty, Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of University of Cape Town (No HREC 457/2010), Health Research Ethics Committee 1, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe and the Human Research Ethics Committee (Medical), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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