Contribution to authorship
HND is the main and corresponding author. She contributed to the study
by writing the proposal and collecting the clinical data from the
pregnant women. She was the first observer for the blood film. The
abstract and final research paper was written by her under the guidance
of co-authors.
SW was the main supervisor for the study. She provided guidance on
conducting the haematology procedures and acted as an independent
observer for the blood films. Furthermore, she contributed to the
writing of the abstract and the
main research paper.
DM contributed to the research by being the second independent observer
for blood films. She provided guidance on forming information leaflets
on the research. Furthermore, she contributed to the writing of the
abstract and the main research paper.
IS was the primary statistician for the study.
AM and AP were contributors to different parts of the statistical
analyses, and they rechecked statistic results for coherence.
TP was the main author who provided the guidance for the concept of the
research. He was involved in writing up the research proposal for the
ethical clearance.
CM provided guidance on obstetrics
concept of the research. She was initially involved in developing the
concept and for writing up the research proposal for the ethical
clearance.