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Authors
Mbunga, Branly Kilola https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-0484
Mapatano, Mala Ali
Egbende, Landry
Strand, Tor A.
Hatloy, Anne
Engebretsen, Ingunn M. S.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
NORAD (Grownut- QZA-0484, COG-13/0002)
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Article History
Received: 22 March 2023
Accepted: 21 September 2023
First Online: 23 November 2023
Declarations
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: The present study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics of Western Norway (ref: 2018/1420/R.E.K. vest, date: 30.11.2018) and the Kinshasa School of Public Health ethical committee (ref: ESP/CE/2019, date: 28.01. 2019). Other authorizations were requested from the local administrative and health authorities before any field work (households, markets, or food production places). Written informed consent was obtained from mothers or other caregivers for the household survey as well as from merchants and clients in the market survey. For the qualitative study, oral informed consent was obtained from participants before starting any discussion. We also obtained permission prior to recording any discussion. Confidentiality was maintained both in data management and when quoting respondents.
: All authors have agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
