Barr, Anna Louise
Partap, Uttara
Young, Elizabeth H.
Agoudavi, Kokou
Balde, Naby
Kagaruki, Gibson B.
Mayige, Mary T.
Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin
Mutungi, Gerald
Mwalim, Omar
Wesseh, Chea S.
Bahendeka, Silver K.
Guwatudde, David
Jørgensen, Jutta M. Adelin
Bovet, Pascal
Motala, Ayesha A.
Sandhu, Manjinder S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Foundation (MR/K013491/1)
Wellcome Trust (WT206194)
Article History
Received: 6 February 2020
Accepted: 24 May 2020
First Online: 15 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Each primary study obtained ethical approvals in its respective country along with informed consent from participants. Following the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance instrument, a consent form was read to each respondent and verbal consent was provided prior to the survey interview and collection of physical measurements for the Liberia STEPS survey, this was approved by University of Liberia’s Research Ethics Committee (University of Liberia Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation). Written consent was provided by participants for all other studies included. This study received ethical approval from the Human Biology Research Ethics Committee at the University of Cambridge, UK (Application No: HBREC.2015.05).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.