Document is current

Article History

Received: 23 November 2021

Accepted: 24 February 2022

First Online: 19 March 2022

Declarations

:

: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Manicaland Provincial Health Directorate reviewed the study protocol on 17 April 2021 and approved the study. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from Manicaland Provincial Medical Director-Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), Chipinge District Medical Officer, Health Studies Office as well as Tongogara Refugee Camp Commissioner for Refugees and the Camp Administrator. Names and addresses of participants were not used during the study; instead unique identifiers were used to de-identify study respondents. All the information concerning the study was kept in private and confidentiality was maintained. We obtained written informed consent from the respondents including parents or legal guardians and assent for those that could not legally consent. All COVID-19 safety precautions were observed throughout the data collection procedures including the observance of social distancing and use of masks and hand sanitizing.

: All informed written consent also included an insertion that gave consent for publication of obtained data.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.