Kozuki, Naoko http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2850-3956
Mullany, Luke C.
Khatry, Subarna K.
Tielsch, James M.
LeClerq, Steven C.
Kennedy, Caitlin E.
Katz, Joanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Children's Prize
Article History
Received: 22 February 2016
Accepted: 29 March 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We obtained ethical approval from the Institutional Review Boards of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the U.S. and the Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine in Nepal respectively. Verbal consent was obtained from all participants due to low literacy levels in the community, which was approved by the IRBs. None of the women interviewed were under age 16 at the time of interview.
: Verbal consent was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
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