Kea, Aschenaki Z.
Tulloch, Olivia
Datiko, Daniel G.
Theobald, Sally
Kok, Maryse C.
Article History
Received: 24 December 2016
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 12 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The generic study protocol was approved by the Royal Tropical Institute Ethical Review Committee in Amsterdam. National approval was obtained from Research and Technology Transfer Core Process of South Nation Nationalities and Peoples Region Health Bureau, Ethiopia (Ref. No ρω6–19/17014, Date 26 June 2013). Research and Technology Transfer Core Process is a legal entity and responsible to assess research proposals and grant ethical approval for the studies conducted in South Nation Nationalities and Peoples Regional state. Permission to conduct the study was also obtained from Sidama zone health department and woreda health offices.The ethics committee approved to obtain informed verbal consent from illiterate participants and hence we sought informed verbal consent from mothers, TBAs and male participants. Written informed consent was obtained fromKebeleadministrators, HEWs, health centre heads, delivery case team leaders and HEP coordinators atworeda, zonal health department and regional health bureau.
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