Tenthani, Lyson
van Oosterhout, Joep J.
Haas, Andreas D.
Msukwa, Malango
Phiri, Nozgechi
Chimbwandira, Frank
Tal, Kali
Aebi-Popp, Karoline
Estill, Janne
Keiser, Olivia
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ) (Global Health Grant OPP1090200)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Global Health Grant OPP1090200, Global Health Grant OPP1090200, Global Health Grant OPP1090200)
The United States Agency for International Development- National Institute of Health Initiative Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research Health (OAA-A-11-0012)
The United States Agency for International Development- National Institute of Health Initiative Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research Health (OAA-A-11-0012)
PROSPER Fellowship Grant from the Swiss National Sciences Foundation (Grant 3233 B-150 934)
Article History
Received: 7 March 2017
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 12 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was granted ethical approval by the Malawi’s National Health Sciences Research Committee (approval number 962) and Cantonal Ethics Committee of Bern, Switzerland. Because we only used routinely collected data, that were retrospectively extracted without personal identifiers, individual informed consent was waived by the two ethics boards.
: not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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