Jamaluddine, Zeina
Paolucci, Gloria
Ballout, Ghada
Al-Fudoli, Hussam
Day, Louise T.
Seita, Akihiro
Campbell, Oona M. R.
Article History
Received: 18 May 2022
Accepted: 30 November 2022
First Online: 13 December 2022
Declarations
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: We extracted anonymized electronic medical records data for pregnancies ending between January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020. Data analysis was performed in accordance with the ethics guidelines and regulations. UNRWA is the main custodian of the electronic health system and maintains the system following ethical, legal privacy and confidentiality requirements. We obtained ethics approval from UNRWA’s research review board and the London School of Health & Tropical Medicine Research Ethics Committee (LSHTM Ethics Ref: 22801) (Date: 12 November 2020). Participant consent was not required as the study used de-identified registry based secondary data. As long as the work does not violate the rights of individuals and does not include identifiable information, UNRWA permit researchers to access EMR without obtaining prior consent from participants to pursue research for the common good of Palestinian refugees. Informed consent was waived by UNRWA’s research review board.
: Not applicable.
: AS, GP, GB, HA are funded by UNRWA. The other authors (ZJ, LD, OC) declare no competing interests.