Wurdeman, Taylor http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1806-9263
Strader, Christopher
Alidina, Shehnaz
Barash, David
Citron, Isabelle
Kapologwe, Ntuli
Maina, Erastus
Massaga, Fabian
Mazhiqi, Adelina
Meara, John G.
Menon, Gopal
Reynolds, Cheri
Sydlowski, Meaghan
Varallo, John
Maongezi, Sarah
Ulisubisya, Mpoki
Funding for this research was provided by:
ELMA Foundation (17‐F0012)
General Electric (5R18HS024235‐02)
ELMA Foundation (17-F0012)
General Electric (5R18HS024235-02)
Article History
Accepted: 16 August 2020
First Online: 29 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Dalberg Advisors, Jhpiego, and Assist International receive funding from the GE Foundation for the Safe Surgery 2020 project. Shehnaz Alidina, Isabelle Citron, Erastus Maina, Gopal Menon, Cheri Reynolds, Chris Strader, John Varallo, Isabelle Citron, Adelina Mazhiqi, Meaghan Sydlowski, Taylor Wurdeman, and John G. Meara had financial support from GE Foundation for the submitted work. David Barash is employed by GE Foundation, which funded this work. John Varallo declares financial support from ELMA Philanthropies. Fabian Massaga reports receiving a Jhpiego FAA grant. John G. Meara declares support from the Kletjian Foundation and the Ronda Stryker and William Johnston Foundation. Ntuli Kapologwe and Sarah Maongezi have nothing to declare. The authors have had no financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.
: Ethical approval was obtained from Tanzania’s National Institute for Medical Research and Harvard Medical School. Verbal consent was obtained from all participants included in the study in Swahili. For patients under 18 years old, parental consent was obtained.
: All procedures performed involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of both Harvard Medical School (IRB17-1819) and Tanzania’s National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/2515) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.