Chiabi, Andreas
Nguefack, Félicitée D.
Njapndounke, Florine
Kobela, Marie
Kenfack, Kelly
Nguefack, Séraphin
Mah, Evelyn
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Angwafo, Fru III
Article History
Received: 7 June 2017
Accepted: 24 November 2017
First Online: 19 December 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Ethical and Institutional Committee for Research on Human Health of the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric hospital. Reference: No 263/CIERSH/DM/2015 of 8th February 2016. A written consent form was signed by each mother or caretaker who accepted to be enrolled and participate in the study, and for those who could not read and write verbal consent was sought after receiving information on the study.
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