Masuda, Chisato
Ferolin, Shirley Kristine
Masuda, Ken
Smith, Chris
Matsui, Mitsuaki http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-1266
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health ((not applicable))
Article History
Received: 13 October 2019
Accepted: 29 January 2020
First Online: 5 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study protocol was submitted to and approved by the ethics committee in Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki, Japan (approval number NU_TMGH-048) and the Department of Health XI Cluster Ethics Review Committee in the Philippines (approved protocol number P18032601). The latter committee advised that written consent from parturient mothers was not required due to the observational nature of the research and because signing a consent form could be disturbing for a woman in labour. Therefore, only verbal consent was obtained from parturient mothers for this study under the permission and endorsement of the observation from the committee and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Southern Philippine Medical Centre. All health care providers at the study site were informed of this study and the written consent for observation and interview were obtained.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.