Mrema, Dorah
Lie, Rolv Terje
Østbye, Truls
Mahande, Michael Johnson
Daltveit, Anne Kjersti http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9996-420X
Article History
Received: 14 June 2016
Accepted: 12 February 2018
First Online: 21 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was sought from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College research ethics committee prior the commencement of this study (Research Ethical Clearance Certificate No. 641, 2013). The birth registry at KCMC has ethical clearance from the Tanzania national institute for medical research (NIMR) 2003 and from the Regional National Ethics committee (Health Region III) Norway 1999. Verbal informed consent is obtained from each mother prior to the interview, and a unique maternal hospital identification number is used to protect confidentiality.
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