Sitali, Lungowe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8722-110X
Mwenda, Mulenga C.
Miller, John M.
Bridges, Daniel J.
Hawela, Moonga B.
Chizema-Kawesha, Elizabeth
Chipeta, James
Lindtjørn, Bernt
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norwegian Loan Scheme Lånakassen
Article History
Received: 14 May 2019
Accepted: 24 November 2019
First Online: 3 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC Western Norway) Ref No. 2016/1393/REK Vest and from the University of Zambia Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (UNZABREC) Ref No. 010-05-16. As this analysis was part of a larger study, ethical clearance for the larger study was also obtained from UNZABREC. Permission to use data was obtained from the Ministry of Health. All data analysed were anonymized.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.