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Received: 15 September 2017

Accepted: 27 December 2017

First Online: 8 January 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study received ethical clearance from both the Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee at Heidelberg University (Protocol S-272/2013) and the National Ethics Committee in Burkina Faso (Protocol 2013-7-066).

: Not applicable.

: MDA is the PI and VR is a coinvestigator of the PBF impact evaluation in Burkina Faso and as such MDA manages the grant currently allocated from the HRITF to the Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University. MDA and VR receives, however, no direct salary or consultancy compensation for her engagement on the impact evaluation. GL’s position was funded by the World Bank for a period of 6 months, but only indirectly through a grant disbursed by the University of Heidelberg. JR is currently employed at the World Bank. The World Bank did not interfere with either the analysis or the interpretation reported in this manuscript. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the paper are entirely those of the authors, and do not represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent.

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