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Perin, Jamie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5482-6620
Koffi, Alain K.
Kalter, Henry D.
Monehin, Joseph
Adewemimo, Adeyinka
Quinley, John
Black, Robert E.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1096225)
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Article History
Received: 14 November 2019
Accepted: 28 August 2020
First Online: 14 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The NDHS was approved by the Institutional Review Board at ICF International as well as the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria. Informed consent was given by all participants in the NDHS, and from parents or guardians for children and adolescents, emphasizing that participation is voluntary. The VASA study was approved by the National Health Research Ethics Committee of the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health and the Institutional Review Board of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Only women who gave permission for a return visit during the NDHS were approached for a VASA interview. Oral informed consent was sought from all participants and signed by the VASA interviewer as witness to the consent.
: All authors agree to the publication of this research. Not applicable for participants, since no identifying details have been included and participants maintain anonymity.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
