Dehingia, Nabamallika http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1787-9050
Dixit, Anvita
Averbach, Sarah
Choudhry, Vikas
Dey, Arnab
Chandurkar, Dharmendra
Nanda, Priya
Silverman, Jay G.
Raj, Anita
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1083531)
National Institutes of Health (R01HD084453-02)
Article History
Received: 28 June 2019
Accepted: 4 December 2019
First Online: 12 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional review board approval for this study was granted from Public Health Service- Ethical Review Board and from the Health Ministry Screening Committee facilitated by Indian Council for Medical Research. Formal consent was obtained for every woman that agreed to participate. The interviewers explained the purpose of the study to the women in their local dialect and asked them whether they were willing to participate. Women younger than 18 years of age provided assent while a guardian provided consent.
: Not applicable.
: Priya Nanda is employed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The contribution and inputs into this paper are solely their own and are not necessarily shared by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The other authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.