Robert, Emilie
Zongo, Sylvie
Rajan, Dheepa
Ridde, Valéry
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
World Health Organization
Article History
Received: 29 October 2021
Accepted: 24 May 2022
First Online: 6 June 2022
Declarations
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: The following ethics review committee approved the study: WHO AFRO ethics review committee (AFR/ERC/2017/02.08); Comité d’éthique pour la recherche en santé from Burkina Faso (déliberation n°2017–01-007); Comité national d’éthique de la santé from Democratic Republic of Congo (n°38/CNES/BN/PMMF/2017); Comité national d’éthique pour la recherche en santé from Niger (n°38/2017/CNERSOffice of the Institution Review Board from the University of Liberia (FWA00004982); Comité Nacional de Etica em Pesquisa para a Saude (CAV/WR/402/2016). All methods were performed in accordance with the research protocol submitted to the ethics review committees. Consent to participate to the study was obtained in writing from all key informants and no key informant was under 16. All key informants were informed about the study, their rights as participants to the study, and ethical considerations.
: Not applicable.
: E.R., S.Z. and V.R. received funding from the World Health Organization Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing to conduct research on the Universal Health Coverage Partnership. The publishing costs are funded by the World Health Organization Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing. D.R. is involved in the Universal Health Coverage Partnership.