Sazawal, Sunil
Ryckman, Kelli K.
Das, Sayan
Khanam, Rasheda
Nisar, Imran
Jasper, Elizabeth
Dutta, Arup
Rahman, Sayedur
Mehmood, Usma
Bedell, Bruce
Deb, Saikat
Chowdhury, Nabidul Haque
Barkat, Amina
Mittal, Harshita
Ahmed, Salahuddin
Khalid, Farah
Raqib, Rubhana
Manu, Alexander
Yoshida, Sachiyo
Ilyas, Muhammad
Nizar, Ambreen
Ali, Said Mohammed
Baqui, Abdullah H.
Jehan, Fyezah
Dhingra, Usha
Bahl, Rajiv
Article History
Received: 8 January 2021
Accepted: 14 August 2021
First Online: 7 September 2021
Declarations
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: The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its subsequent amendments. All study protocols for AMANHI cohorts were approved by appropriate institutional review board in each of the participating sites. ICDDR, B and John Hopkins University for Bangladesh, Aga Khan University for Pakistan and ZAMREC for Tanzania. The protocols were also approved by the Ethical Review Committee (ERC) at World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, institutional/Local sample utilization committees approved shipment of samples to Iowa for metabolic screening assay. Written informed consent for ultrasonography and additional procedures was obtained from all participating mothers in their local or preferred language by study supervisors during enrolment. Mothers were asked for additional informed consent before obtaining a heel prick from the baby.
: Not applicable.
: No competing interests.