Solnes Miltenburg, Andrea http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4681-7043
Kiritta, Richard Forget
Meguid, Tarek
Sundby, Johanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norges Forskningsråd (244674)
Article History
Received: 8 November 2017
Accepted: 22 January 2018
First Online: 27 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was granted by the National Institute of Medical Research in Tanzania (MR/53/100/103-349-399) and a research permit was granted by the Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology (No.2015-255-ER-2013-32). The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Section A, South East Norway (2015/1827), and the Norwegian Social Science Data Service (44482/3/MHM) both reviewed the study and found the study in accordance with the Norwegian Personal Data Act. The first author was also registered at the Medical Council of Tanganyika as a medical practitioner (Reg.no 5533) during the time of the research. As soon as the research role became more explicit in 2015 we requested permission from relevant local health authorities for the research. Health workers were informed of the study and were asked for written informed consent. Women were asked for verbal consent where possible. Because of the sensitivity of the subject we ensured anonymity in note taking and for this reason hospital and clinic names are also not included in this paper.
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