Impact of training and case manager support for traditional birth attendants in the linkage of care among HIV-positive pregnant women in Southwest Nigeria: a 3-arm cluster randomized control trial.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe participants provided informed consent after a thorough explanation of the procedures, risks and benefits of the study. The participants were informed that they could withdraw from the study at any time without any penalty. The use of identification codes ensured confidentiality. Ethical approval was obtained from the health, research and ethics committee, College of Medicine, University of Lagos with approval ID CMUL/HREC/03/19/504 before the commencement of the study. All steps/methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research was supported by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number D43TW010134."

"Trial registration The study was retrospectively registered in the Pan African Clinical Trial Registry, and it was assigned the unique identification number PACTR202206622552114."