Byungura, Jean Claude
Nyiringango, Gerard
Fors, Uno
Forsberg, Elenita
Tumusiime, David K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swedish International Development Agency (1277, 1277, 1277, 1277, 1277)
Stockholm University
Article History
Received: 3 August 2022
Accepted: 1 December 2022
First Online: 8 December 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the College of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Institutional Review Board (IRB No. 240/CMHS IRB/2020) at the University of Rwanda and endorsed by Rwanda National Ethics Committee (Review Approval Notice: No.156/RNEC/2021). In addition, the study was also approved scientifically by National Health Research Committee (NHRC) with reference number: NHRC/2020/PROT/027). Informed consents forms were provided by the respondents and it was clearly informed that the participation in the study was voluntary and each one was free to withdraw from the study at any time. On the same consent form, confidentiality and anonymity were also assured and respected during the collection and analysis of data as well as reporting the study results, following the key principles of research ethics of not disclosing the identity of respondents. Accordingly, for the follow up interviews, the researchers gathered verbal consents from participants prior to audio recording. For the whole process of this research, all methods were performed in accordance with the guidelines and regulations of the National Health Research Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors report that they do not have any conflict of interest in the conduct of this study.