Muthathi, Immaculate Sabelile
Rispel, Laetitia C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Atlantic Philanthropies (Grant ID: 21408)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2019
Accepted: 4 May 2020
First Online: 3 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Human Research Ethics Committee (Medical) of the University of the Witwatersrand provided study approval (M170661). We also obtained study permission from the provincial health authorities in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces, local government and district health authorities, and individual health facilities. All participants were given a detailed information sheet as well as a verbal explanation of the study. We also informed study participants of the voluntary, confidential and anonymous nature of study participation. We use participant codes to ensure anonymity of study participants. The study results are kept on a password-protected computer and only the principal researcher (SM) has access to the password.
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