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Dr Linda Vesel, lvesel@ariadnelabs.org
Study conceptualisation and design was completed by ACCL, BAC, CD, CRS, DET, IH, KEAS, KB, KLM, KMa, KMi, KN, LA, LS, LV, MY, RMB, SD, SSG, SLM and TM. Protocol development and tool design was carried out by ACCL, BAC, CRS, CD, DET, EF, IH, KEAS, KF, K-IB, KLM, KMa, KMi, KN, LA, LD, LS, LV, MY, NS, RMB, RK, SD, SSG, SLM, SM, SP, SS, SSV and TM. Tool pilot testing/ modification were conducted by DET, EF, FS, KF, MBK, LD, LGS, LS, LV, MP, MS, NS, RK, SM, SS, SSV, VH, YM. Data collection, cleaning and management was carried out by AP, EV, FN, MBK, KMs, LD, LS, LV, MB, KL, SP, YK. Analysis and interpretation were conducted by CRS, DET, EF, EV, GB, KEAS, KMi, LA, LV, RRM and SL. Writing of the manuscript was done by LV. All authors reviewed the study results and multiple drafts of the manuscript and approved the final version. LV acted as the guarantor of the manuscript.
All authors completed the ICMJE conflict of interest form and were funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for this work as part of the LIFE study. ACCL, BAC, CD, CRS, DET, KEAS, K-IB, KLM, KM, MY have received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for maternal and newborn health and nutrition work at large. CD reports other funding from American Society for Nutrition, UpToDate and People’s Medical Publishing House. ACCL reports grants from the WHO and National Institute of Health/ NICHD. BAC reports funding from UNICEF and the US National Health Institutes of Health. MY reports grants from NIH, Emory University, and the Centers for Disease Control. K-IB and KM report grants from the Philips Foundation, the WHO and USAID. SLM has received funding from the International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
This publication is based on research funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-007326).