Koroma, Joseph B.
Sesay, Santigie
Conteh, Abdul
Paye, Jusufu
Bah, Mohamed
Sonnie, Mustapha
Hodges, Mary H.
Zhang, Yaobi
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development
World Health Organization
Article History
Received: 19 December 2017
Accepted: 24 May 2018
First Online: 4 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This pre-TAS was part of the monitoring and evaluation activities of the national LF elimination programme and was conducted by the NTDP of the MOHS Sierra Leone per WHO recommendations. Ethical approval for the survey was obtained from the MOHS Research and Ethics Committee. Informed oral consent was first obtained from village chiefs and then from each participant before samples were collected and their acceptance was recorded on a form by the leader of the survey team, as literacy rates are low in the country. For participants under 15 years, consent was obtained from their parents. All participants were eligible for inclusion without discrimination on gender, social status, religion or ethnicity. Participants’ identities were protected by collecting, recording and analysing data such that participants remained anonymous.
: Although consent was obtained from participants before the study, data collection was conducted such that participants remained anonymous during data entry and analysis. No individual’s identity can be revealed upon publication.
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