Mayoma, Bahati S.
Yusuph, Mamlo A.
Sailas, Hellena
Emanuel, Zagalo
Lukanga, Editrudith
Kitogo, Lawrence
Edson, Adventina A.
Simbila, Deogratius
Mugema, Arthur
Matonya, Paul
Kasenene, Fanuel
Sørensen, Christina
Sparks, Conrad
Khan, Farhan R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-2972
Funding for this research was provided by:
Handel Institute (12526)
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Article History
Received: 10 June 2024
Accepted: 8 May 2025
First Online: 20 May 2025
Declarations
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: The study was executed based on the Tanzanian laws and guidelines for human participants. Accordingly, all participants were requested to express their willingness to participate voluntarily in the cleaning process by filling a consent form. All participants were assured of anonymity and confidentiality for the purposes of the study including the publication of results. All the study procedures were approved by a committee led by the Deputy Vice Chancellor – Research of the University of Dar es Salaam (No. SoAF-ASFT23008). Clinical trial number: not applicable.
: Verbal informed consent was obtained for volunteers or their legal guardian for participation in clean-ups.
: The authors affirm that human participants or their legal guardians provided informed consent for publication of the images in Fig. .
: The authors declare no competing interests.