Melesse, Tenaw Gualu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-6291
Chau, Janita Pak Chun
Li, William Ho Cheung
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Article History
Received: 2 May 2022
Accepted: 17 September 2022
First Online: 27 September 2022
Declarations
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: We obtained ethical approval from the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)- New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (NTEC CREC) (CREC Ref. No. 2021.729-T), Institutional Ethical Review Board of the University of Gondar (Ref. VP/RTT/05/815/2022) and Ethics and Research Committee of Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University (Ref. No Ped/Mf/343/14). We will also obtain written parent or legal guardian consent and oral child assent to participate in the study. Participants will be informed that they have the full right not to participate in the study or withdraw from the study anytime if they feel uncomfortable and/or have any concerns. Participants will be asked if they agree to their data being used should they choose to withdraw from the trial. They will also be asked for permission for the research team to share relevant data with people from the Universities taking part in the research or from regulatory authorities, where relevant. This trial does not involve collecting biological specimens for storage. All the collected data from the participants will be kept confidential using codes instead of personal identifiers and will be meant only for this study. Any significant changes to the protocol will require approval from and Research and Ethics committees and this will be communicated to the responsible parties. Regarding provisions for post-trial care, there is no anticipated harm and compensation for trial participation.
: Not applicable as there are no personal identifiers of participants presented in this protocol. However, a model consent form can be obtained from the corresponding author upon request.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.