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Mlacha, Yeromin P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-7066
Wang, Duoquan
Chaki, Prosper P.
Gavana, Tegemeo
Zhou, Zhengbin
Michael, Mihayo G.
Khatib, Rashid
Chila, Godlove
Msuya, Hajirani M.
Chaki, Exavery
Makungu, Christina
Lin, Kangming
Tambo, Ernest
Rumisha, Susan F.
Mkude, Sigsbert
Mahende, Muhidin K.
Chacky, Frank
Vounatsou, Penelope
Tanner, Marcel
Masanja, Honorati
Aregawi, Maru
Hertzmark, Ellen
Xiao, Ning
Abdulla, Salim
Zhou, Xiao-Nong http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1417-8427
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department for International Development (GHSP-CS-OP4-D02)
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Article History
Received: 23 May 2020
Accepted: 5 August 2020
First Online: 14 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Medical Research Coordination Committee of the National Institute for Medical Research granted the permit to conduct this study (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2005). Institution ethical approval was also obtained from the Ifakara Health Institute Institutional Review Board (IHI/IRB/No: 18-2015) and the Chinese Centre for Disease Control (201,505). Informed consent was obtained directly from the head of the households, and for the participants > 18 years, consent/assent was obtained from parents or guardians for children who are > 13 but < 18 years and live with a parent or guardian. The consent forms were prepared in English and translated into Kiswahili (the local language). For adults who were not able to read the form, the informed consent form was read out by the local CHCWs in the presence of a community witness (Balozi) and the participant was asked to mark a thumb impression on the form, and the witness signed it.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
