Egere, Uzochukwu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-6004
Shayo, Elizabeth H http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9131-1784
Chinouya, Martha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7744-0061
Taegtmeyer, Miriam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-2536
Ardrey, Jane
Mpagama, Stellah http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-6930
Ntinginya, Nyanda Elias http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1575-4521
Ahmed, Rana http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4389-7084
Hussein, El Hafiz
Sony, Asma El http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-8862
Wingfield, Tom http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-6887
Obasi, Angela http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-8889
Tolhurst, Rachel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-6641
Addo-Yobo, Emmanuel
Allwood, Brian
Banda, Hastings
Bates, Imelda
Binegdie, Amsalu
Falade, Adegoke
Khan, Jahangir
Lesosky, Maia
Mbatchou, Bertrand
Meme, Hellen
Mortimer, Kevin
Mutayoba, Beatrice
Niessen, Louis
Rylance, Jamie
Worodria, William
Zar, Heather
Zulu, Eliya
Chakaya, Jeremiah
Zurba, Lindsay
Squire, S Bertel
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Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research, UK (16/136/35)
Article History
Received: 29 January 2022
Accepted: 2 March 2023
First Online: 13 March 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the ethics committees of National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania (ref /Vol.IX/2922); the Ministry of Health of Gezira state, Sudan (ref 44/T/KH/1) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (ref 18–043). Permission was also sought from the respective district authorities. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Additional consent for participation in the adolescent FGD group was provided by parents of the girls. We ensured confidentiality of the IDIs by conducting interviews in secure locations away from third parties where the patients were comfortable and by not capturing names of the patients. Additionally, patients were assured the discussion would not be shared with any third parties and the identifying characteristics such as occupation and town were securely locked away.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.