Umutesi, Grace
McEvoy, Matthew D.
Bonnet, Kemberlee
Druffner, Sophie
Schlundt, David G.
Atieli, Harrysone E.
China, Joy N.
Onyango, Kennedy
Newton, Mark W. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8135-879X
Funding for this research was provided by:
General Electric
Health Through Healing Hands
Article History
Received: 19 October 2020
Accepted: 11 May 2021
First Online: 19 May 2021
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for this study was obtained from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, on October 13, 2016 (IRB#: 161536) and Maseno University (Kisumu, Kenya) on October 5, 2016 (MSU/ DRPI/MUERC/00333/16). Additionally, approvals were obtained from Siaya County (Kenya) and the hospital leadership offices at each participating site. Written informed consents were obtained from study participants prior to enrollment. When participants were children (under 16Â years old), written informed consent for participation in the study was obtained from their parent or guardian.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. MWN and MDM are co-principal investigators on this grant. MDM has grant funding from Edwards Life Sciences (Irvine, CA) for work totally unrelated to this research and manuscript and grant funding from Cheetah Medical (Newton Center, MA) for work totally unrelated to this research and manuscript. MWN has grant funding from ELMA Philanthropies (New York, NY) for work totally unrelated to this research and manuscript.