Shimpuku, Yoko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-7019
Madeni, Frida E.
Shimoda, Kana
Miura, Satoe
Mwilike, Beatrice
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (26861940 and 17K17486)
Article History
Received: 13 May 2020
Accepted: 1 February 2021
First Online: 15 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Verbal and paper consents were obtained as the information gathered was unidentifiable and the study risk was minimal. Ethical clearance and permissions were obtained from the 1) Institutional Review Board at St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan, 2) Director of the Korogwe District Council, 3) National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania, and 4) Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.