Juma, Pamela A.
Mohamed, Shukri F.
Matanje Mwagomba, Beatrice L.
Ndinda, Catherine
Mapa-tassou, Clarisse
Oluwasanu, Mojisola
Oladepo, Oladimeji
Abiona, Opeyemi
Nkhata, Misheck J.
Wisdom, Jennifer P.
Mbanya, Jean-Claude
Article History
First Online: 15 August 2018
Change Date: 11 September 2018
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: After publication of the article [1], it was noticed that the title has erroneously included ‘authors’ in the end.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by relevant ethical boards/committees in each country including the National Ethics Committee for Health Research on Humans of the Ministry of Health of Cameroon; Kenya Medical Research Institute; University of Ibadan/University College Hospital Ethical Review Committee; Human Science Council Research Ethics Committee in South Africa: Malawi’s National Health Science and Research Committee. One case study that compared two countries was reviewed by three committees; in Togo by Togo Comite de Bioethique Pour la Recherche en Sante) and in South Africa by Human Sciences Research Council Research Ethics Committee, and University of Pretoria Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee. All country research teams followed appropriate safeguards to protect the research subjects, including participant privacy and confidentiality, voluntary participation, the risks and benefits of research and how research findings would be shared. Participants provided verbal or written documentation of consent to participate.
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