Simangwa, Lutango D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8171-2397
Åstrøm, Anne N.
Johansson, Anders
Minja, Irene K.
Johansson, Ann-Katrin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitetet i Bergen (Unknown)
Article History
Received: 18 January 2019
Accepted: 31 July 2019
First Online: 7 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Prior to study implementation, ethical clearance from, the ethical research committee in Norway (REK VEST, reference number <b>2015/2477</b>) and the Medical Research Coordinating Committee of Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania (reference number <b>NIMR/HQ/R.8a/VOL.IX/2214</b>) were obtained. Permission to work with primary school adolescents was obtained from Ministry of Education and Vocational Training through Monduli and Longido district councils, their respective educational authorities, school teachers and parents. Informed written signed consent was obtained from the parents. Besides this the participating adolescents gave an assent. Confidentiality was ensured and participants were allowed to walk out of the study for whatever reason.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.