Githu, Victoria
Baravuga, Maneno E.
Mbarawa, Asiya
Msuya, Hajirani M.
Mlacha, Yeromin P.
Chaki, Prosper P.
Kiware, Samson
Mirzai, Nosrat
Ferguson, Heather M.
Govella, Nicodem J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-016807)
Medical Research Council (MR/T008873/1)
Article History
Received: 12 July 2022
Accepted: 8 October 2022
First Online: 11 November 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the National Institute of Medical Research [NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/3390] and the Institutional Review Board of the Ifakara Health Institute [IHI-IRB-No: 9-2020]. Each volunteer was provided with informed consent after a verbal explanation of the study design in the local language. Information sheets on the informed consent form included assurance of confidentiality, voluntary participation, potential risks and benefit associated with the study. The volunteers had the right to withdraw from the study at any time without justification.
: This study received permission to publish from the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania.
: The authors declare that there are no competing interests.