Moriarty, Andrew Stephen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0770-3262
Louwagie, Goedele Maria
Mdege, Noreen Dadirai
Morojele, Neo
Tumbo, John
Omole, Olufemi Babatunde
Bachmann, Max Oscar
Kanaan, Mona
Turner, Astrid
Parrott, Steve
Siddiqi, Kamran
Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council (MRC-RFA-02: TB -05-2015)
Article History
Received: 18 March 2019
Accepted: 2 July 2019
First Online: 26 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial has received approval from the Research Ethics Committees of Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU; Ref. SMUREC/D/234/2017: IR), the South African Medical Research Council (with the SMU Ethics Committee serving as the Research Ethics Committee Record), the University of Pretoria (Ref. 434/2017), the University of the Free State (Ref. HSREC 71/2016), the University of Witwatersrand (M160455) and the University of York (no reference number, approval date 15 January 2018). The protocol has gone through full external peer review throughout this process. In the case of any protocol amendments, these will be submitted to the SMU Ethics Committee for approval. Managerial approval has been obtained from the provincial and/or district managers to conduct the study at clinics in Bojanala district (North West Province), Lejweleputswa district (Free State province) and Sedibeng district (Gauteng province). Informed consent will be obtained from all study participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.