Amza, Abdou
Kadri, Boubacar
Nassirou, Beido
Arzika, Ahmed M.
Austin, Ariana
Nyatigo, Fanice
Lebas, Elodie
Arnold, Benjamin F.
Lietman, Thomas M.
Oldenburg, Catherine E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Eye Institute (UG1EY030833)
Article History
Received: 8 December 2020
Accepted: 17 December 2020
First Online: 6 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of California, San Francisco and Le Comité National d’Ethique pour la Recherche en Santé (National Research Ethics Committee) in Niamey, Niger. Verbal informed consent is obtained from each participant or their guardian for those under 18 years of age, and written informed consent is obtained from each community’s leader once they have agreed that their community may participate in the trial. Verbal, rather than written, informed consent is obtained due to low literacy rates in the study communities. Both institutional review boards approved the verbal consent procedure. The trial is conducted under the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: None to report.