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Authors
Kebaabetswe, Poloko
Diseko, Modiegi
Zash, Rebecca
Mayondi, Gloria
Mabuta, Judith
Mmalane, Mompati
Makhema, Joseph
Lockman, Shahin
Moeng, Letumile
Lowenthal, Elizabeth
Shapiro, Roger
Caniglia, Ellen C.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K23 HD088230, R01 HD080471)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K24 AI131924)
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Article History
Received: 10 November 2023
Accepted: 8 November 2024
First Online: 4 December 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and by the Human Research Development Council (HRDC) in Botswana. All personnel involved in the conduct of this study had completed Human Subjects Protection Training. The study coordinator made sure that, throughout the study, all relevant ethical principles for conducting interviews with the relevant stakeholders were observed. Key ethical principles observed by the research team included being sensitive to beliefs, manners, and customs of participants, acting with integrity and honesty with participants, ensuring a respectful communication and contact with participants, protecting the anonymity and confidentiality of individual information, and obtaining informed consent from everyone interviewed. Participants were given the liberty to not answer questions they did not feel comfortable answering and could withdraw their participation at any point during the interview.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
