Chaponda, Enesia Banda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-2451
Mharakurwa, Sungano
Michelo, Charles
Bruce, Jane
Chandramoha, Daniel
Matthew Chico, R.
Article History
Received: 12 October 2020
Accepted: 15 January 2021
First Online: 22 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the University of Zambia Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (reference number 004-02-13) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Observational and Interventions Research Ethics Committee (reference number 6292) before the research was carried out. In addition, the Ministry of Health in Zambia also reviewed the research proposal after the ethical approvals had been granted. The research project was then discussed with relevant local authorities in the study district such as the District Health Management Team, community leaders and the in-charge personnel at the two health centres that were used as recruitment sites.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.