Ethics statement
GDM
GDM
This trial has been approved and funded by the National Institute for Medical Research Development under Grant Agreement No IR.NIMAD.REC.1394.013. Funding source had no involvement in the study. The protocol was approved by the national ethics committee of the National Institute for Medical Research Development (Approval number: IR.NIMAD.REC.1394.013). In addition, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) approved the study protocol and pre specified GDM modalities were made available to all those provinces as mandatory guidelines. This field trial has been registered in Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (Trial Registration: IRCT138707081281N1). Written informed consent for participation was not required for this study in accordance with the national legislation and the institutional requirements.