Konje, Eveline T. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-3483
Hatfield, Jennifer
Kuhn, Susan
Sauve, Reginald S.
Magoma, Moke
Dewey, Deborah
Funding for this research was provided by:
Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences Bugando (N/A)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2019
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 6 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences and Bugando Medical Centre (CUHAS/BMC) Joint Institutional Ethical Review Committee in Tanzania (CREC/098/2015) and the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary (REB16–0183) in Canada approved this study. The women provided written consent for their involvement in the project. Men, TBAs and CHWs provided oral consent and this was demonstrated by their participation in the group discussions and individual interviews. This was supported by both the CUHAS/BMC Joint Institutional Ethical Review Committee and the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board of the University of Calgary due to significant concerns voiced in the pilot study by participants with regard to signing an official document. Privacy and confidentiality were ensured throughout the study period and beyond as per the ethical code of conduct.
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: MM declares that he is an associate editor of the BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Low and Middle-Income Countries’ series. All other co-authors declare that they have no competing interests.