Mgata, Saidi
Maluka, Stephen Oswald
Article History
Received: 9 November 2017
Accepted: 31 October 2019
First Online: 12 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the University of Dar es Salaam Ref. No: AB3/12/B. The University of Dar es Salaam has been given mandate to issue research and ethics clearance to its staff and students on behalf of the Government of Tanzania and Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology. The research clearance was presented to the regional and district authorities for approval in their areas of jurisdiction. Verbal consent was obtained from prospective respondents after the first author (SM) had explained the objectives of the study. The Verbal Consent forms were approved by the ethics review committee along with the research protocol. No participant below age 16 was involved in this study. Key informants were informed of their right to withdraw from the study any time they wished. They were also assured of confidentiality of any information deemed necessary to be treated so. All interviews were audio-recorded with the permission of the participants and the resulting recordings and transcripts were stored in a manner that protected confidentiality.
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: The authors declare that have no competing interests.