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Primary caregivers, healthcare workers, teachers and community leaders’ perceptions and experiences of their involvement, practice and challenges of disclosure of HIV status to children living with HIV in Malawi: a qualitative study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5820-z

Published Online: 2018-07-16

Published Print: 2018-12

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Kalembo, Fatch W. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3032-3495
Kendall, Garth E.

Ali, Mohammed

Chimwaza, Angela F.

Tallon, Mary M.
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Received: 15 January 2018

Accepted: 10 July 2018

First Online: 16 July 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was obtained from the Malawi Government National Health Science Research Committee (Approval Number: NHSRC 1347) and the Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (Protocol Approval HR 186/2014). Written informed consent to participate in the study (focus groups and interviews) was obtained from the study participants prior to data collection. Parental/guardian written informed consent to participate in this study was obtained for all participants under the age of 16 years old. Permission to collect data was also obtained from the District Health Officers and the Directors of the hospitals where data collection was conducted.

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