Pittalis, Chiara
Brugha, Ruairi
Crispino, Gloria
Bijlmakers, Leon
Mwapasa, Gerald
Lavy, Chris
Le, Grace
Cheelo, Mweene
Kachimba, John
Borgstein, Eric
Mkandawire, Nyengo
Juma, Adinan
Marealle, Paul
Chilonga, Kondo
Gajewski, Jakub
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 (733391)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2018
Accepted: 30 January 2019
First Online: 18 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the project consortium lead, under approval no. REC 1417. In the implementation countries, ethical approval was received from the College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee in Malawi (approval no. P.05/17/2179), the University of Zambia Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (approval no. 005-05-17), the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College Research Ethics and Review Committee (approval no. CRERC 2026) and the National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania (approval no. NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/2600).
: Not applicable.
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