Boakye, Michelle D. S.
Owek, Collins J.
Oluoch, Elizabeth
Wachira, Juddy
Afrane, Yaw A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Health Organization (AFHSS1207000)
National Institute of Health (R01AI123074)
Article History
Received: 8 February 2018
Accepted: 16 September 2018
First Online: 1 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Scientific and ethical approval for the study was granted by the Scientific Steering Committee and the Ethical Review Committee of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Approvals were also granted by the County commissioners of Kisumu and Kisii Counties in western Kenya and all district commissioners in the selected districts. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants after the objectives of the study had been explained to them in the local dialect of either dholuo or Kiswahili depending on the study sites.
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