Funding for this research was provided by:
World Health Organisation
Article History
Received: 2 September 2019
Accepted: 19 February 2020
First Online: 6 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee and the WHO Ethics Review Committee approved the study. Written consent was sought from the women to conduct and audio-record the interviews and ensured participants’ confidentiality and privacy were preserved.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. The parent cluster randomized trial within which this study was nested was registered with Pan African Clinical Trial Registry: ID Number PACTR201312000678196. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the World Health Organization or the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.