Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (/)
Global Minds Fund Operational Grant (/)
Universitaire Stichting (/)
Article History
Received: 15 February 2019
Accepted: 26 June 2019
First Online: 15 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was received from The Gambia Government/MRC Joint Ethics Committee (SCC1562) and the Ethical Committee of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (ECHW_096) (Belgium). The interviewers followed the Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). People were informed about project goals, the topic and type of questions as well as their right to decline participation or to interrupt the conversation at any time. Anonymity was guaranteed and confidentiality assured. If people consented to be interviewed, during each interview participants were asked if they had any questions.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.