Matandika, Limbanazo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6932-9635
Ngóngóla, Ruby Tionenji
Mita, Khama
Manda-Taylor, Lucinda
Gooding, Kate
Mwale, Daniel
Masiye, Francis
Mfutso-Bengo, Joseph
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Malawi, College of Medicine (none)
Article History
Received: 9 August 2019
Accepted: 14 July 2020
First Online: 20 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (CoMREC) reviewed and approved the study. Its ethics reference number is P08/17/1233. Institutional permissions were sought from all participating institutions and their letters of support were submitted to the CoMREC. Written individual consent was obtained prior to the interviews from all research participants who participated in both the FGDs and IDIs. Informed Consent included permission to have the results of the study disseminated in research dissemination conferences and publication in peer reviewed journals.
: All particpants voluntarily agreed to have their views disseminated through publication and also presented during confrences locally and internationaly.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.