Dziva Chikwari, Chido https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1617-3603
Bernays, Sarah
Dringus, Stefanie
Simms, Victoria
Weiss, Helen A.
Sibanda, Edwin
Kranzer, Katharina
Ncube, Gertrude
Chikodzore, Rudo
Webb, Karen
Chirimambowa, Trevor
Sithole, Kenny
Ndondo, Nonhlanhla
Apollo, Tsitsi
Mutseta, Miriam
Ferrand, Rashida A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UK Department for International Development (MR/P011268/1)
Wellcome Trust (206316/Z/17/Z)
Article History
Received: 2 June 2020
Accepted: 21 October 2020
First Online: 4 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe, the Institutional Review Board of the Biomedical Research and Training Institute, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ethics committee. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. As part of the consent process and prior to commencing, the FDG participants were made aware that by participating in an FGD their HIV status would be implicitly disclosed to others in the group and that they could withdraw participation at any point. Participants were not incentivised for participation but provided with transport money and teas during the FDGs.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.