Merriel, Abi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0352-2106
Hussein, Julia
Malata, Address
Coomarasamy, Arri
Larkin, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ammalife
Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham (Seedcorn Grant)
University of Birmingham (Open Access funding)
Article History
Received: 15 February 2018
Accepted: 1 August 2018
First Online: 17 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Malawi College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee on 27th February 2015 (number P.09/14/1635-). In addition, University of Birmingham ethics approval was obtained prior to this on 30th October 2014 (ERN_14–0878).Participants were provided with a participant information sheet and asked to sign a consent form prior to the interviews being undertaken. Pseudonyms were allocated to each participant to maintain their anonymity.
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