Lodenstein, Elsbet http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3379-8488
Pedersen, Kyra
Botha, Kondwani
Broerse, Jacqueline E. W.
Dieleman, Marjolein
Funding for this research was provided by:
NWO/WOTRO Fund for Global Health Policy and Health Systems Research (W07.45.201)
Article History
Received: 3 January 2018
Accepted: 20 August 2018
First Online: 24 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was part of a larger research project on the quality of maternal health services and community participation in Mzimba district for which the Malawi National Health Sciences Research Committee granted ethical approval (NHSRC#15/3/1398). The researchers introduced the interviews and FGDs by explaining the objective and the translator read the informed consent form in local language before the interview/FGD. Participants agreed on the principles of confidentiality and the right to withdraw at any time, upon which they signed the consent form.
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