Gondwe, Thandile http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0999-1114
Robberstad, Bjarne
Mukaka, Mavuto
Lange, Siri
Blomberg, Bjørn
Phiri, Kamija
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research council Of Norway,GLOBVAC (234487)
Article History
Received: 24 May 2018
Accepted: 27 June 2018
First Online: 20 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol and related documents (informed consent and participant information sheets) were submitted for review to the Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and Research Ethics Committees at the Malawi College of Medicine and the Regional Ethics Committee of Norway. The study was approved by the College Of Medicine research ethics committee (COMREC), approval number P.02/15/1679, and the Regional Ethics Committee of Norway, approval number 2015/537/REK vest. Written consent was obtained from legal guardians of the study participants prior to enrolment.
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