Gelli, Aulo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-2549
Becquey, Elodie
Ganaba, Rasmane
Headey, Derek
Hidrobo, Melissa
Huybregts, Lieven
Verhoef, Hans
Kenfack, Romain
Zongouri, Sita
Guedenet, Hannah
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1149709)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2017
Accepted: 19 August 2017
First Online: 6 September 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the International Food Policy Research Institute IRB in Washington, DC (approved 26/12/2016, ref: IRB00007490) and will be obtained from the Comite de Recherche en Sante MS/MRSI in Burkina Faso (submitted 24/11/2016, ref: 16-00092/AFRICSANTE/DE). The central ethics committee will approve the study for the various centers. Recruitment will not begin in any individual center until all central approvals have been obtained. The intervention study was registered on the ISRCTN registry. Meetings will be held from the early stages in the study development with relevant Government Ministries both at central and decentralized levels to discuss the purpose, procedures, and risks involved in the study. After explaining the study’s objectives and procedures, enumerators will seek and obtain written informed consent from eligible study participants. Care will be taken to provide the best available treatment to address children needs. In case the evaluator team would encounter children that suffer from acute malnutrition or from severe anemia (hemoglobin concentration < 7 g.dL-1), the mother–child pair will be referred with a letter of referral. Participation in the study is completely voluntary. Participants are free to withdraw at any time by informing the survey staff, local authority, program, or ministry staff.
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