Taneja, Sunita
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Chowdhury, Ranadip
Dhabhai, Neeta
Mazumder, Sarmila
Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash
Sharma, Sitanshi
Dewan, Rupali
Mittal, Pratima
Chellani, Harish
Bahl, Rajiv
Bhan, Maharaj Kishan
Bhandari, Nita http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-087X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1191052)
Article History
Received: 29 October 2019
Accepted: 8 January 2020
First Online: 31 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Clearances have been obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Society for Applied Studies, Vardhman Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital and the World Health Organization, Geneva.A written individual informed consent in local language is obtained from participants prior to enrolment. A second consent is taken when the woman gets pregnant for her and her child’s participation in the study. For those who are unable to read, the form is read aloud to them. In those who are unable to sign, a thumb imprint is taken witnessed by an impartial literate witness.The protocol amendments are reported to the ethics committees and funding agencies. These amendments are also updated in the Trial Registry (CTRI/2017/06/008908). All protocol deviations will be documented and reported to the ethics committees.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.