Agbevo, Abel
Ahogni, Idelphonse
Menze, Benjamin
Tungu, Patrick
Kemibala, Elison E.
Govoetchan, Renaud
Wondji, Charles
Padonou, Germain Gil
Ngufor, Corine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shobikaa Impex Private Limited
Article History
Received: 5 May 2023
Accepted: 9 November 2023
First Online: 20 November 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study will be sought from the national ethics review committee of the Ministry of Health in Benin, Cameroon and Tanzania. The study will be performed in line with the declaration of Helsinki. Prior to any project activities, village and hamlet leaders will be invited to sensitization sessions conducted by district health officers and written informed consent will be sought from the local leader before starting data collection. Heads of households involved in the study will give informed consent prior to their participation in the study. The consent form will be written in French for Benin and Cameroon abd Swahili for Tanzania and will indicate the purpose of the study, the procedures, risks and benefits, that participation is completely voluntary, and that they may withdraw at any time. Where necessary, the consent form will be explained to them in their local language by a trained interpreter. Participants will be asked to sign the consent form in duplicate, one will be kept by the project and they will keep the other. Where the individual is unable to read or write, their fingerprint will be taken, and a signature obtained from a witness to the informed consent procedure. All personal data will be anonymised prior to data processing. Written informed consent will also be obtained from all human volunteer sleepers for experimental hut trials prior to participation. Sleepers will be offered a free course of chemoprophylaxis spanning the duration of the study and 4 weeks following its completion to mitigate malaria infection risk. Approval for use of guinea pigs for tunnel tests in Benin has been obtained from the LSHTM Animal Welfare Ethics Review Board (Ref: 2020–01). In all study countries, guinea pig colonies will be maintained according to institutional standard operating procedures (SOPs) developed in line with relevant national and international regulations governing use of animals for scientific research purposes.
: The authors declare no competing interests.