Worrall, Eve https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-3388
Were, Vincent
Matope, Agnes
Gama, Elvis
Olewe, Joseph
Mwambi, Dennis
Desai, Meghna
Kariuki, Simon
Buff, Ann M.
Niessen, Louis W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development
Wellcome Trust (200222/Z/15/Z)
Medical Research Council (MR/P027873/1)
Article History
Received: 14 July 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 7 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study received ethical evaluation and was approved by the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Scientific and Ethical Review Unit (SERU number 2997). The participant consent was done in local languages Kiswahili and Samia. The participants were informed of the purpose of the study, the risk, benefits, confidentiality and information on voluntary participation. All participants provided written informed consent. Additional permissions to conduct the study were provided by the local administration including the chief. The study received additional non-financial support (e.g. access to information) from the Busia County health department after study staff visited the offices.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.