Afolabi, Muhammed O. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9967-6419
Sow, Doudou
Ndiaye, Jean Louis A.
Greenwood, Brian
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK Research and Innovation (MR/S03286X/1)
Article History
Received: 24 May 2022
Accepted: 20 July 2022
First Online: 3 August 2022
Declarations
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: Ethics approvals have been obtained for this trial from the Research Ethics Committees of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Reference number 26770) and the Comité National d’Ethique pour la Recherche en Santé (CNERS), Senegal (Reference number SEN 22/29). Written informed consent to participate will be obtained from all participants. The Participant Information Sheet (PIS) will be translated to French and trained field assistants who are native speakers will interpret the information in a Senegalese language preferred by the parents/caregivers. If the parent/caregiver is not able to read and write in French, a literate adult witness will be present through the whole consent process and sign and date the consent form. A parent/caregiver must provide written informed consent form, before a child aged <12 years is enrolled into the study. For children aged ≥ 12 years, positive assent is required in addition to the parental consent.
: Model consent form and other related documentation will be provided on request.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests<i>.</i>