Kidman, Rachel
Waidler, Jennifer
Palermo, Tia
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Palermo, Tia
Groppo, Valeria
Kajula, Lusajo
de Hoop, Jacobus
Prencipe, Leah
Nkolo, Jennifer Waidler Johanna Choumert
Mitti, Respichius
Munanka, Bhoke
Luchemba, Paul
Lukongo, Tumpe Mnyawami
Mulokozi, Aroldia
Gilbert, Ulrike
van Ufford, Paul Quarles
Le Kirkegaard, Rikke
Eetaama, Frank
Funding for this research was provided by:
Oak Foundation (OCAY-16-73)
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete (G41102)
Department for International Development (203529-102)
Article History
Received: 2 April 2020
Accepted: 10 September 2020
First Online: 17 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval for the study was granted by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2784) and the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH). The study was retrospectively registered with the Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR) as PACTR201804003008116.Informed assent and parental consent was obtained for all unmarried adolescents ages 14–17 years, and written informed consent was obtained directly for those aged 18 and 19 years and married adolescents aged 15–17 years. The legal age of marriage for females in Tanzania is 15 years, and we did not have any married girls in our sample under the age of 15.Two of the authors of this study (TP and JW) are investigators on the on-going evaluation from which the data were drawn, and the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation team approved the use of the data for this purpose.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.