Tappis, Hannah
Lak, Rebaz
Alhilfi, Riyadh
Zangana, Aso Hameed
Wadi, Falah
Hipgrave, David
Ibrahim, Shaimaa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Health Thematic Fund
Article History
Received: 27 February 2023
Accepted: 3 May 2023
First Online: 9 May 2023
Declarations
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: Verbal informed consent was obtained from facility management and interview participants prior to initiating data collection. The assessment protocol, including verbal informed consent procedures, was reviewed and endorsed by the Ministry of Health of Iraq and Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and approved by the Kurdistan Higher Council of Medical Specialties Research Protocol Ethics Committee (meeting code 1832, 13 October 2022). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations (Declaration of Helsinki).
: Not applicable.
: Hannah Tappis (HT) is an Associate Editor of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth but had no role in the handling of this manuscript. Rebaz Lak (RL), Riyadh Alhilfi (RA), Aso Hameed Zangana (AHZ), Falah Wadi (FW), David Hipgrave (DH), and Shaimaa Ibrahim (SI) declare that they have no competing interests.