Atujuna, Millicent http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1287-2634
Tucker, Joseph
Crooks, Natasha
Zanoni, Brian
Donenberg, Geri R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (UH3HD096875, UH3HD096929)
Article History
Accepted: 7 July 2022
First Online: 27 September 2022
Declarations
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: The work presented has not been published and is not under consideration elsewhere. The authors have all contributed significantly to the commentary’s conceptualisation and writing and approve this publication. None of the authors have a conflict of interest.
: The case studies presented in this commentary received ethics approvals. IMARA was approved by the Health Sciences Ethics committee (HREC) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa with reference number (077/2019). The 4YBY study received ethics approval from the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (IRB/18/028) and St. Louis University (30347).
: In both projects, formal informed consent (≥ 18 years-old) and assent (< 18 years-old) were obtained. For individuals < 18 years old, we obtained parental consent.