Nkya, Siana
Nzunda, Collin https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4341-2116
Saukiwa, Emmanuel
Kaywanga, Frida
Buchard, Eliud
Solomon, David
Christopher, Heavenlight
Ngowi, Doreen
Johansen, Julieth
Urio, Florence
Mgaya, Josephine
Kindole, Christina
Yonazi, Mbonea
Karim, Salman
Alimohamed, Mohamed Zahir
Sangeda, Raphael Z.
Chamba, Clara
Dandara, Collet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-4895
Novelli, Enrico
Chimusa, Emile R.
Makani, Julie
Funding for this research was provided by:
American Society of Hematology
Article History
Received: 4 September 2024
Revised: 2 April 2025
Accepted: 17 April 2025
First Online: 23 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science, number MUHAS-REC-2018-078. Both verbal and written consent were obtained from mothers to agree their babies to participate in this study. Informed consent to participate was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of any participant under the age of 16. Consent forms were signed by the mothers or legal guardians who agreed to their children to participate after the research assistant educated them.