Kishimbo, Peter
Sogone, Nyambura Moremi
Kalokola, Fredrick
Mshana, Stephen E.
Article History
Received: 28 November 2019
Accepted: 7 June 2020
First Online: 5 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance (CREC/092/2015) was sought from the Joint CUHAS/BMC Research Ethics and scientific review committee. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the BMC and Sekou Toure Regional Hospital authorities. An informed consent was obtained from each participant after explaining the study aims. For literate participants, the consent information was provided, followed by providing a copy of the consent form for each participant to sign to signify his/her consent. For non-literate participants, the consent information was read in full and participant required to thumb print on the consent form to signify his/her acceptance to participate in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.