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Becker, Jana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4356-4466
Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan
Shoko, Dennis
Singo, Josephine
Steckling-Muschack, Nadine
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit
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Article History
Received: 29 November 2018
Accepted: 1 July 2020
First Online: 29 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance of the study has been granted by the ‘Ethical Committee of the medical Faculty of the University of Munich’ and the ‘Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe’. This study was supported by the Zimbabwean Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners Association (ZASMA) and the ‘Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Kadoma District’ gave permission to conduct the study.Taking into account, that ASGM is a poverty-driven economic activity, miners and their families can be seen as a vulnerable group. Hence, high focus was put on informed consent from all participants. All participants were volunteers and informed consent forms were handed to all miners and were extensively explained. Translators for Shona were present during the study at all times, to ensure that all participants did understand the forms and information about the study. All participants will remain anonymous and cannot be traced back. The results from this study will be shared with community leaders, who then can pass the information to the miners, in case they will be interested.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.
