Okello, Samson http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-6094
Muhihi, Alfa
Mohamed, Shukri F.
Ameh, Soter
Ochimana, Caleb
Oluwasanu, Abayomi Olabayo
Bolarinwa, Oladimeji Akeem
Sewankambo, Nelson
Danaei, Goodarz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bernard Lown Scholars in Cardiovascular Health Program at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (K43TW010715)
Article History
Received: 23 April 2020
Accepted: 4 November 2020
First Online: 13 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by ethics committees of the respective study sites as follows; a) The Cross-River State Research Ethics Committee, Ethical Review Committee of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, and the State Research Ethics Review Committee for the three Nigerian sites; b) The Senate Research and Publications Committee of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences for the Ukonga site in Tanzania; c) The ethics review committee of the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital for the Soroti site in Uganda; d) The African Medical and Research Foundation for the Viwandani site in Kenya.All participants provided written informed consent in English or the local languages.
: Not applicable.
: All other authors declare no competing interests.