Broekhuizen, Henk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2816-3552
Fehr, Alexandra
Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia
Muela, Joan
Peeters-Grietens, Koen
Smekens, Tom
Kalleh, Momodou
Rijndertse, Esmé
Achan, Jane
D’Alessandro, Umberto
Funding for this research was provided by:
DFID/NIHR/MRC/Wellcome Trust Global Health Trials Scheme
Article History
Received: 14 December 2020
Accepted: 28 August 2021
First Online: 16 September 2021
Declarations
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: All respondents and their guardians (when under 18 years old) were explained the purpose of the study by field staff and gave informed consent or assent before being included in the qualitative or quantitative strands. Considering that the act of signing documents is not common practice for local populations and that it could produce mistrust towards the study team, oral consent was favoured over written consent. Both studies were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, by the Scientific Coordinating Committee and the Gambian Government/MRC Joint Ethics Committee in The Gambia.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.