Smith, Emma
Milford, Cecilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-7560
Ngure, Kenneth
Newmann, Sara
Thuo, Nicholas B.
Berrios, Susana
Beksinska, Mags E.
Mugo, Nelly
Rand, Larry
Funding for this research was provided by:
bill and melinda gates foundation
Article History
Received: 15 July 2021
Accepted: 19 July 2022
First Online: 30 July 2022
Declarations
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: All participants provided voluntary, written informed consent, and where participants were under 18 years of age, parental consent and individual assent were obtained. Ethical approval was obtained from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kenya (KEMRI/SERU/CCR/0028/3240), and the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa (M160131). In Kenya, additional support and approval was obtained from the Kiambu County Health Research and Development Unit and participating healthcare facilities. In South Africa, additional support and approval was obtained from the Department of Health (Provincial and District) as well as from participating healthcare facilities. Approval was also granted by the University of California San Francisco Institutional Review Board.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.