Kok, Maryse C.
Kakal, Tasneem
Kassegne, Abeje Berhanu
Hidayana, Irwan M.
Munthali, Alister
Menon, J. Anitha
Pires, Paulo
Gitau, Tabither
van der Kwaak, Anke
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020), SRHR Partnership Fund (2016-2020))
Article History
Received: 28 June 2022
Accepted: 17 April 2023
First Online: 28 April 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the KIT Royal Tropical Institute Research Ethics Committee (proposal S69); the Ethical Review Committee of the Amhara Region Public Health Institute in Ethiopia; the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia; the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) in Kenya; the National Health Sciences Research Committee in Malawi (approval number NHSRC #16/6/162); the Comité Institucional de Bioética para a Saúde da Universidade Lurio (ref 14/CIBSUL/16) in Mozambique; and the Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Zambia, the National Health Research Authority in Zambia. The study followed ethical principles as set out by the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Parents’ or caregivers’ consent was obtained for study participants under the age of 18 years and in Zambia, for those under 16 years.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.