Mathur, Sanyukta
Kirk, Karen
Dadi, Chaibou
Dougherty, Leanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (AID-OAA-A-17-00018, AID-OAA-A-17-00018, AID-OAA-A-17-00018, AID-OAA-A-17-00018)
Article History
Received: 16 November 2022
Accepted: 25 April 2024
First Online: 7 May 2024
Declarations
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: All study participants provided informed consent as instructed during ethical review. The Ministry of Public Health National Ethics Committee for Health Research in Niger provided approval for the study and consent forms (No. 017/2020/CNERS). The study also received approval from the Population Council Institutional Review Board in the United States (No. 934). The relevant ethical approval and consent details were received and are available on request by the editor or editorial office. The informed consent procedures included in all ethics review materials and received ethics approvals in the US and in Niger. The informed consent was read to the participants by a research assistant trained in ethical human subjects research. The consent form used lay language and the participants were given the opportunity to ask questions about the study before giving consent. Study participants provided informed consent by marking agreement (in the form of an X) without using their signature. This procedure is prevalent in similar study settings and allows for the inclusion of illiterate individuals or those without defined signatures. In addition, all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.