Webb, Emily L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4019-7456
Dietrich, Janan J.
Ssemata, Andrew S.
Nematadzira, Teacler G.
Hornschuh, Stefanie
Kakande, Ayoub
Tshabalala, Gugulethu
Muhumuza, Richard
Mutonyi, Gertrude
Atujuna, Millicent
Bere, Tarisai
Bekker, Linda-Gail
Abas, Melanie A.
Weiss, Helen A.
Seeley, Janet
Stranix-Chibanda, Lynda
Fox, Julie
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Funding for this research was provided by:
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (RIA2016MC-1616-CHAPS)
Medical Research Council (MR/R010161/1)
South African Medical Research Council (South African Medical Research Council)
Carnegie Corporation of New York (B 8606.R02)
Article History
Received: 7 October 2021
Accepted: 28 April 2022
First Online: 16 May 2022
Declarations
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: Approval was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committees of the University of Cape Town (290/2018) and the University of the Witwatersrand (180906B, M1811148 and 180108) in South Africa, the Uganda Virus Research Institute Research and Ethics Committee (GC127/18/3/638) and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (HS2534) in Uganda, the Joint Research Ethics Committee for the University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (JREC/195/18), the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe and the Research Council of Zimbabwe (MRCZ/A/2356) in Zimbabwe, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ethics Committee (15629 and 16182) in the UK. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written, informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants aged 18 years or over and written, informed parental consent was obtained for participants aged under 18 years. A waiver of parental consent for emancipated minor participants was approved by ethical boards for use in Cape Town, Wakiso and Chitungwiza.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.