Scott, Nancy A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-4642
Maskew, Mhairi
Fong, Rachel M.
Olson, Ingrid E.
Brennan, Alana T.
Fox, Matthew P.
Vezi, Lungisile
Ehrenkranz, Peter D.
Rosen, Sydney
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1136158)
Article History
First Online: 10 September 2020
Declarations
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: Funding for the work presented here was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under the terms of OPP1136158 to Boston University. A funding agency staff member (PDE) is a co-author of the manuscript. The funders had no separate role, beyond that of other authors, in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
: PDE is an employee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is funding this work. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Boston University Medical Campus Institutional Review Board (protocol H-37010) and the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee (Medical) (protocol 171011). The larger trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03315013). Informed consent was obtained by the interviewer from all IDI participants immediately prior to the interview, including permission to audio record.
: Not applicable.
: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: NAS led the study design, data collection, analysis, and preparation of the manuscript. MM oversaw the primary study and contributed to the preparation of this manuscript and data analysis. RMF contributed to drafting and revising the manuscript and to qualitative data analysis. IO supported qualitative and quantitative data analysis. AB, MF, PDE, LV, and SR contributed comments and revisions. LV oversaw data collection and management.