Neke, Nyasule http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-3430
Reifferscheid, Antonius
Buchberger, Barbara
Wasem, Jürgen
Article History
Received: 5 April 2018
Accepted: 19 November 2018
First Online: 3 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethics Review Board of the National Institute for Medical Research (Ref. No. NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/2061) and the Ethics Committee of the Duisburg-Essen University (Ref. No. 15–6512-BO). Any pregnant woman who visited the MHC and agreed to participate in the interview was included. Each participant provided written informed consent before the commencement of any study-related procedure. Two participants were below the age of 16 hence their mothers were consented on their behalf and provided approval for their daughters to participate in the interview by signing the available consent form. No identifying information was used in this study and all other collected information was kept strictly confidential.
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