Amkongo, Mondjila
Mitonga, Honoré K.
Alfeus, Anna
Shipingana, Loide Ndelimona Ndapandula
Keendjele, Tuwilika
Eelu, Hilja
Nashihanga, Tunelago
Article History
Received: 9 August 2022
Accepted: 20 April 2023
First Online: 22 May 2023
Declarations
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: Permission to conduct the study was approved by the University of Namibia’s Human Research Ethics Committee (UREC) (Ref: OSHAC/594/2020). Furthermore, this study adhered to the Belmont Report and the Declaration of Helsinki’s principles, ensuring ethical conduct and compliance with relevant guidelines of informed consent, respect for persons, beneficence, and justice in all human-related experiments. Before reviewing records in the ETR.net, permission was sought from and approved by the Executive Director of the MoHSS’ Ethics Committee. The records accessed were de-identified to protect the privacy of the TB cases. These cases were not harmed, as their data were collected through the review of their records, while ensuring confidentiality. Additionanally, the researcher sought permission from the respective Regional Health Directors to conduct interviews with the key informants in Kunene and Oshana regions. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s) prior to their participation in the study. Those who agreed to participate in the study provided written informed consent. Informed consent was obtained from the parents and/or legal guardians of all minor participants involved in the study. Their participation in this study was completely voluntary and did not carry the risk of prejudice or penalty. The research questions were also fair and did not ask personal and harmful questions. No minors formed part of this study.The data supporting the current study’s findings are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.