Obels, Ilja
Coleman, Harry Laurence Selby
Straetemans, Masja
van Gurp, Margo
Lutwama, George William
Jacobs, Eelco
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Pooled Fund South Sudan
Article History
Received: 14 November 2022
Accepted: 14 August 2024
First Online: 6 January 2025
Declarations
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: The research protocol received ethical approval by both the Royal Tropical Institute’s Research Ethics Committee (S-114, May 13, 2020) as well as South Sudan’s Ministry of Health (MoH/ERB5/2020). All research procedures were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all research participants and respondents, which included informing them of their rights to withdraw from the study at any time without any consequences. Confidentiality and privacy were assured as a safeguard against any harm to the participants and respondent.
: Not applicable.
: At the time of the study KIT Royal Tropical Institute was the operational research partner for the Health Pooled Fund (third phase) programme, which is responsible for delivery of the majority of health services in the study sites. The affiliated authors feel that this does not constitute a substantive conflict. The authors declare that they have no conflicting or competing interests.