Funding for this research was provided by:
What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls? Global Programme
Article History
Received: 7 December 2017
Accepted: 25 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study received ethical approval from the South African Medical Research Council (EC034–11-2015) and the Afghan Ministry of Health (399302). All participants provided informed consent, with thumb prints replacing signatures given the low levels of literacy, to participate in the study.
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