Abotsi, Regina E.
Nicol, Mark P.
McHugh, Grace
Simms, Victoria
Rehman, Andrea M.
Barthus, Charmaine
Mbhele, Slindile
Moyo, Brewster W.
Ngwira, Lucky G.
Mujuru, Hilda
Makamure, Beauty
Mayini, Justin
Odland, Jon Ø.
Ferrand, Rashida A.
Dube, Felix S.
Article History
Received: 29 November 2020
Accepted: 12 February 2021
First Online: 25 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The parent study (BREATHE), was approved by the <i>Human Research and Ethics Committee</i> of the University of Cape Town - UCT HREC (HREC/REF: 754/2015), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ethics Committee (reference 8818), the Harare Central Hospital Ethics Committee and Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (reference MRCZ/A/1946), the College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee Malawi (reference P.04/15/1719) and by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Northern Norway (reference 2015/1650). The University of Oxford waived approval. Additional ethical approval was received for this sub-study from the UCT HREC (HREC/REF: 092/2019). No additional data was collected other than that approved in the parent study. Written informed consent and assent were given by guardians and participants, respectively. Participants who were 18 years old, and above at the time of enrolment consented independently. All data obtained and generated during the study were kept confidential. This research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.