Ishoso, Daniel Katuashi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-1316
Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto
Delvaux, Thérèse
Coppieters, Yves
Article History
Received: 31 July 2018
Accepted: 24 April 2019
First Online: 8 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of the Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa (Certificate n° ESP/CE/015/2016). This study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration II. Authorisation was also provided by health and politico-administrative authorities. The informed consent of women was requested systematically (only the respondents), and the confidentiality of women of childbearing age was respected to the maximum extent possible by imposing anonymity.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the respondents for permission to publish information gathered during the survey.
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