Scott, Jennifer http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5024-2719
Onyango, Monica A.
Burkhardt, Gillian
Mullen, Colleen
Rouhani, Shada
Haider, Sadia
Albutt, Katherine
Greiner, Ashley
VanRooyen, Michael
Bartels, Susan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eleanor Miles Shore Foundation
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Article History
Received: 8 August 2016
Accepted: 13 July 2018
First Online: 8 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Harvard School of Public Health’s institutional review board provided human subjects research approval. In lieu of formal review by a local ethics board in Bukavu, permission to conduct this research was granted to the research team by the medical inspector of South Kivu Province. Additionally, a community advisory board in Bukavu provided study oversight including input on participant compensation, reimbursement of transportation costs, and waiver of written consent. All participants provided verbal informed consent prior to taking part in the research.
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