Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Article History
Received: 25 August 2020
Accepted: 13 May 2021
First Online: 2 June 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was provided from the Office of the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee and the Ethical Committee of Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany (EA2/219/18). Participation in the study was completely voluntary. All the study participants were informed about the purpose of the study and written consent was obtained from each study participant. We obtained ethical approval to include pregnant minors from 15 years of age onwards if they gave written consent. Regarding minors below 15 years of age, we additionally obtained the consent of their present legal guardian.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.