Mbewe, Njelembo J.
Tungu, Patrick K.
Messenger, Louisa A.
Bradley, John
Mangesho, Peter E.
Shirima, Boniface
Moshi, Oliver
Shayo, Magreth F.
Seif, Mohammed
Portwood, Natalie M.
Snetselaar, Janneke
Azizi, Salum
Magogo, Frank
Mabenga, Peter
Sudi, Wema
Mlay, George
Kirby, Matthew J.
Mosha, Franklin W.
Kisinza, William
Matowo, Johnson
Small, Graham
Rowland, Mark W.
Article History
Received: 7 December 2024
Accepted: 23 April 2025
First Online: 29 April 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the ethical review committee of the Ministry of Health in Tanzania (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/VOL.IX/3520), and the institutional review board of LSHTM (N° 22,459). The study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05150808, registered on 26 November 2021). The study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Guidelines for Ethical Review of Epidemiological Studies. The protocol of the study was reviewed by the independent Expert Scientific Advisory Committee of the IVCC and by the WHO Pre-qualification Vector Control Team (WHO PQT/VCT). Community consent was obtained from village leaders. Individual verbal and written informed consent were obtained from family heads, household members and qualitative study participants. All households within each community were offered IRS.