Abdul, Ramadhani http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3591-8279
Gerritsen, Annette A. M.
Mwangome, Mary
Geubbels, Eveline
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Round 9)
Article History
Received: 8 September 2017
Accepted: 10 May 2018
First Online: 19 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants prior to the interview, participants who were under the age of 18 providedassentfor their involvement as well their parents or guardians were asked to provide consent for their child’s participation. Data were de-identified to ensure confidentiality of the study participants’ data. The Mzima Cohort was approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) (Registration number IHI/IRB/No 37–2011) and Medical Research Coordinating Committee (MRCC) of the National Institute for Medical Research of Tanzania (NIMR) (Registration number) (NIMRIl-lQ/R.8aIV0 I. IX/1320).
: The authors declares that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.