Kapanda, Lester http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-2954
Jumbe, Vincent
Izugbara, Chimaraoke
Muula, Adamson S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (087547/Z/08/Z)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2018
Accepted: 16 April 2019
First Online: 17 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (COMREC) of the University of Malawi (Protocol number P.09/15/1799 version 2). We requested and obtained verbal informed consent from all participants. Due to the legal restriction on same-sex partnerships and its sensitivity in the country, the written consent was not deemed appropriate and this was approved by COMREC.
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