Konje, Eveline Thobias http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-3483
Magoma, Moke Tito Nyambita
Hatfield, Jennifer
Kuhn, Susan
Sauve, Reginald S.
Dewey, Deborah Margret
Article History
Received: 1 June 2018
Accepted: 17 September 2018
First Online: 5 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study received ethics approval from CUHAS/BMC Joint Institutional Ethical Review Committee (CREC/098/2015) and the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary (REB16–0183). Before conducting the study, we sought and obtained the permission at the region, district, ward, and village levels in Geita District. Written informed consent was obtained from all pregnant women during the household surveys. For participants who were less than 18 years of age, written informed assent and consent from the guardians or parents were obtained for participation in this study.
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: MM declares that he is an associate editor of the BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth in Low and Middle-Income Countries’ series. All other co-authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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