Thobias, Joseph
Kiwanuka, Achilles http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6984-328X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitetet i Oslo
Article History
Received: 13 June 2017
Accepted: 31 May 2018
First Online: 25 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval to conduct the study was obtained from the University of Dar es Salaam. Permission to conduct the research was obtained from Chamwino District Medical Office and the facilities RCH administration. Verbal informed consent was obtained from the study participants following all regulations of informed consent and human subject protection in research. Participants were informed of their right to withdraw from the study at their own will without any repercussions. This was done because it was technically difficult since some key informants were found at meetings or places of work, while others had tight schedules. Besides, participants were contended with verbal consent and thus free to participate in the research as they regarded signed informed consent part of officialdom duties.
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