Salimu, Sangwani
Kinshella, Mai-Lei Woo
Vidler, Marianne
Banda, Mwai
Newberry, Laura
Dube, Queen
Molyneux, Elizabeth M.
Goldfarb, David M.
Kawaza, Kondwani
Nyondo-Mipando, Alinane Linda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Affairs Canada (IMCHA #108030)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2020
Accepted: 15 April 2020
First Online: 23 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval and consent to participate. We obtained ethical approval from Malawi’s College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (COMREC P.08/15/1783) prior to commencing the study. We obtained written informed consent from each participant prior to any study procedures. We sought a permission from COMREC to allow us to obtain written thumb prints from participants who could not read or write witnessed by an independent and impartial witness. Participants were assured that their participation in the study will not affect their receipt of medical services at the facilities. We maintained participants’ confidentiality, anonymity and privacy by holding interviews in a private and quiet room at the facility as per participant’s preference. We used codes instead of participants’ names in the study summaries. All audios and transcripts were saved in a password protected computer with limited access to the researchers.
: Not Applicable.
: The author declares that they have no competing interests.