Do, Barbara T.
Hansen, Nellie I.
Bann, Carla
Lander, Rebecca L.
Goudar, Shivaprasad S.
Pasha, Omrana
Chomba, Elwyn
Dhaded, Sangappa M.
Thorsten, Vanessa R.
Wallander, Jan L.
Biasini, Fred J.
Derman, Richard
Goldenberg, Robert L.
Carlo, Waldemar A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD43464, HD42372, HD40607)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (HD40636)
Fogarty International Center (TW006703)
Article History
Received: 20 April 2017
Accepted: 12 April 2018
First Online: 25 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: BRAIN-HIT was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Boards at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India; Aga Kahn University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan; and, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC. The study was also reviewed and approved by the NICHD Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research data monitoring committee. Mothers of participants provided written informed consent before randomization.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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