Sangho, Oumar http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2856-0395
Tounkara, Moctar
Whiting-Collins, Lillian Joyce
Beebe, Madeleine
Winch, Peter J.
Doumbia, Seydou
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center (1R21TW009885-01)
Article History
Received: 4 July 2020
Accepted: 11 May 2021
First Online: 22 May 2021
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by both ethics committees of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy of Mali (N°2015/112/CE/FMPOS) and John Hopkins University of Baltimore in the United States (FWA00000287). The research team members were trained in data collection techniques and questionnaires were pre-tested in a village out of the intervention area. Investigators did not collect participants' names or other personal identifiers. Informed consent was read in the local language and approval was obtained with a signature of participants. Married women aged 15 and over were considered adults with the legal power to give informed consent, as stated in Malian law.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.