Safary, Elvis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2341-7760
Mwandeti, Micrina
Matanje, Beatrice
Beiersmann, Claudia
Mtaita, Caroline
Shiroya, Veronica
Winkler, Volker
Deckert, Andreas
Kumar, Pratap
Phiri, Sam
Neuhann, Florian
Funding for this research was provided by:
German Academic Exchange Services (57215809)
Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (2017_HA61)
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 7 March 2021
Accepted: 18 July 2021
First Online: 30 July 2021
Declarations
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: This study respected the principles in the Declaration of Helsinki. All methods performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutions and/or national research committee. The study was granted ethics by the National health Science Research Committee, Malawi protocol number #19/03/2272 and the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University S-113/2019. Voluntary informed consent was obtained from the CHVs in order to participate in the study.
: The participants where told (orally) that the findings would be published in scientific journals and that the findings would be presented in the form of examples/quotes provided by the participants.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.