Milford, Cecilia
Smith, Emma
Ngure, Kenneth
Thuo, Nicholas B.
Newmann, Sara
Lazarus, Nalinie
Beksinska, Mags
Mugo, Nelly
Rand, Larry
Article History
Received: 4 November 2022
Accepted: 5 June 2023
First Online: 12 June 2023
Declarations
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: Voluntary, written informed consent was provided by all participants. For those participants who were under 18 years of age, written parental consent and individual written assent were obtained. Ethical approval was obtained from the Kenya Medical Research Institute- Scientific Ethics Research Unit (KEMRI-SERU) in Kenya (KEMRI/SERU/CCR/0028/3240), and the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa (M160131). Additional support and approval were obtained from the Kiambu County Health Research and Development Unit and participating healthcare facilities in Kenya, and from the Department of Health (Provincial and District), and participating healthcare facilities in South Africa. 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.