Barchi, Francis http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-6423
Winter, Samantha C.
Ketshogile, Faith Mompati
Ramogola-Masire, Doreen
Article History
Received: 10 July 2018
Accepted: 8 March 2019
First Online: 18 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study underwent ethics review by the Health Research and Development Committee of the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Ethics Committee at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone; in the United States the study was reviewed by Institutional Review Boards at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. In addition, permission to conduct research at the Bontleng Clinic was received from the Ministry of Local Government in Botswana and the Gaborone City Council, which hasjurisdiction over the Bontleng Clinic and its patients. All patients gave their verbal consent to participate in the screening program and those who agreed to participate in the embedded consent study so indicated with written consent or witnessed verbal consent if they were unable to sign their names.
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