King, Jessica Julia Carne
Powell-Jackson, Timothy
Hargreaves, James
Makungu, Christina
Goodman, Catherine
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK Research and Innovation (MR/N015061/1, MR/N015061/1, MR/N015061/1, MR/N015061/1)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2022
Accepted: 3 February 2023
First Online: 23 February 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of the Ifakara Health Institute (04–2016; Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania), the National Institute of Medical Research (IX/2415; Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania), and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (10493; London, UK). The manager of each health facility gave written informed consent for standardised patient visits to take place. Informed consent from standardised patients was not required by the ethics committees of IHI, NIHR and LSHTM, as standardised patients were healthy fieldworkers employed by Ifakara Health Institute, rather than actual patients, and as such were not study subjects, and none of their personal data was collected.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.