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Article History

Received: 3 December 2019

Accepted: 8 April 2020

First Online: 29 May 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Approval was obtained from University of Cape Town Human Research Ethics Committee (568/2017), City of Cape Town Research Ethics Committee (7876) and the Western Cape Provincial Health Research Committee (WC_201709_011). All research participants provided written informed consent before any data collection commenced. Where participants were children (under 16 years old), written informed consent was obtained from caregivers (parents or guardians). Children over 7 years old were also asked to give assent to their participation.

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: We have read and understood BMC HSR policy on declaration of interests and declare that Lara Fairall, Eric Bateman, Robyn Curran, Makhosazana Lungile, and Sandra Picken are employees of the KTU. Professor Bateman reports personal fees from Novartis, Menarini, ALK, Sanofi Regeneron, Boehringer Ingelheim and AstraZeneca, for work outside the submitted work. Professor Bateman is also a Member of Global Initiative for Asthma Board and Science Committee.Since August 2015 the KTU and BMJ have been engaged in a non-profit partnership to provide continuous evidence updates for PACK, expand PACK related supported services to countries and organisations as requested, and where appropriate license PACK content. The KTU and BMJ co-fund core positions, including a PACK Global Development Director, and receive no profits from the partnership. PACK receives no funding from the pharmaceutical industry.