We wish to thank Dr. Ralph Marshall from the Veterinary Laboratory Agency, UK and all of the farmers, veterinarians and laboratory managers and technicians from Thailand, India, South Africa, Israel, Argentina and Brazil for their assistance in the conduct of the various experiments and trials and the collection of data.
It provides assistance in the conduct of maternal death reviews, establishment of basic emergency obstetric care clinics, and setting up of water supply and sanitation systems.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/14/59/prepub The authors are grateful to the management and staff of Kenyatta National Hospitals, colleagues from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (UoN) and the KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme for their assistance in the conduct of this study.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/11/109/prepub The authors are grateful to the staff of all the hospitals included in the study and colleagues from the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, the Ministry of Medical Services and the KEMRI-Wellcome their Reseassistanceamme for thein assistheconducthe cofducthis thistudydy.
The authors wish to thank Drs. Daniel Silvasi, Roman Magidenko, John Pappas, and William Walker for assistance in the conduct of the study, Cecile Pestano, RN, CCRP, Nickole Carlson, RN, CCRP, and Susan Hartrick, RN, CCRP for data collection and management, and Mamtha Balasubramaniam, PhD for statistical advice.
The authors thank Dr. Frank Stanczyk, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, for contributing the comparison estrogen measurements by RIA; and Ms. Lisa Kahle, Information Management Services , Inc andMs. Jackie King, BioReliance Corporation for their assistance in the conduct of the study and data preparation.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/12/8/prepub We acknowledge the assistance of all CCT staff in the conduct of the research, and Ms Sally Burrows (Biostatistician, Royal Perth Hospital MRF) for conducting the propensity score and multivariate analysis.
Similarly, the authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Adam Roughley of Adelphi Real World in the conduct of study analyses.
The support and assistance of Drs. Don DeMuth and Lee Mayer was invaluable to the conduct of the study.
We also thank our colleague Evangelos Dimopoulos for his technical assistance in conducting some of the statistical analyses.
MR was responsible for the concept and conduct of the UK 2010 National Maternity Survey and provided assistance in the interpretation of results and drafting the manuscript.
