Mwakawanga, Dorkasi L.
Massae, Agnes F.
Kohli, Nidhi
Lukumay, Gift Gadiel
Rohloff, Corissa T.
Mushy, Stella Emmanuel
Mgopa, Lucy R.
Mkoka, Dickson Ally
Mkonyi, Ever
Trent, Maria
Ross, Michael W.
Rosser, B. R. Simon
Connor, Jennifer
Article History
Received: 18 July 2023
Accepted: 18 March 2024
First Online: 26 March 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the University of Minnesota Institutional Review Board (protocol number STUDY00006904), the institutional review board of MUHAS (study number DA.282/298/01.C and the [Tanzanian] National Institute for Medical Research (protocol number NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/3020). Each student provided a written informed consent and were told that participation in the research study was voluntary, and that the participant could withdraw from the study at any time. Given the study occurred in 2021 during the COVID pandemic, all participant procedures were conducted with a COVID prevention protocol as approved by the University of Minnesota Office of Vice President for Research.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Trent receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, research supplies from SpeeDx, LLC through a material transfer agreement with Johns Hopkins University, and serves as a consultant to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Church and Dwight, Inc. for the Trojan Sexual Health Advisory Council for unrelated work. The other authors declare no competing interests.