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Article History

Received: 17 August 2020

Accepted: 28 February 2021

First Online: 15 March 2021

Declarations

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: The Ethics Committee For Biomedical Research, University Mohammed V – Rabat, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy – Rabat, approved the study and the verbal consent procedure, n°: 20/16. Ethics approval was granted in order to access the data. Oral consent to participate was obtained from the parents: Once a case has been confirmed, the doctor approaches the parents to explain the baby’s situation and provide a prognosis. He also explains the method and objectives of our study in order to obtain an informed parents’ consent. A majority of the interviewed women are illiterate and, for cultural reasons, they have provided a verbal (i.e. without signature) consent to participate in the study. Each couple has provided his consent after receiving the necessary explanations from a three-person team of medical personnel, oral explanations and a written document describing the information relevant to their consent and the contact details of the researcher were provided to each patient. This procedure has been approved by the ethics committee.

: Not applicable.

: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.