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Article History

Received: 20 June 2016

Accepted: 29 March 2018

First Online: 4 May 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval to conduct the study was sought from the University of Limpopo Medunsa Research Committee which is a research ethics committee for University of Limpopo (MREC/HS/05/2013:PG). Institutional or departmental approval to conduct the study in health facilities was granted by the Provincial Research Committee which serves as the review board for the Department of Health in Limpopo Province. Written informed consent for participation was obtained from the participants and they were provided with information leaflet about the study and how should quality circles be conducted.

: Not applicable.

: I hereby declare that there are no competing interests for all the authors involved in the pursuance of this study and that there are also no financial gains, as the interests were solely academic, aimed at contributing to an improvement in chronic disease management in rural areas of the Limpopo Province.

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