Bell, Stephen
Wapling, Johanna
Ase, Sophie
Boli-Neo, Ruthy
Vallely, Andrew J.
Kaldor, John M.
Nightingale, Claire E.
Kelly-Hanku, Angela https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0152-2954
Article History
Received: 8 February 2018
Accepted: 8 June 2018
First Online: 20 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by two Ethics Committees: the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Institutional Review Board (IRB1319); the Papua New Guinea National Department of Health’s Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC13.32). Key ethical principles adhered to throughout the investigation include voluntary participation, informed consent, confidentiality and anonymity through the use of pseudonyms.
: Participants gave consent for information obtained during the study (including digitally recorded focus group discussions) to be published, as outlined in the participant information and consent forms where no identifiable information was used.
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