Nagatani, Shiori
Horiuchi, Sayaka
Takahashi, Kenzo
Matsuura, Masaaki
Ounchit, Kongsit
Yamaoka, Kazue
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (19K19469)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2022
Accepted: 13 February 2023
First Online: 17 February 2023
Declarations
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: This study complied with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research involving human subjects that was promulgated by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan. This study was approved by the Teikyo University Ethics Committee, Japan (Approval No.17—054) and the National Ethics Committee for Health Research of Lao PDR (Approval No.2017.72. Sal). Written informed consent to participate was waived by the Teikyo University Ethics Committee and the National Ethics Committee for Health Research of Lao PDR. Instead, we offered the option to opt-out to mothers eligible for this study. Notice providing information about this research was posted at the Departments of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Maternal and Child Health in the hospital.
: It is not applicable to this study as we used only non-identifiable data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.