Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate
Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Scientific Ethics
Review Unit (SERU) of KEMRI (Ref: KEMRI/SERU/CGMR-C/191/4019) and the
County Departments of Health in both study counties. Also, we obtained
permission to conduct the study from the NHIF, the National Commission
for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) and the Council of
Governors in Kenya. We also obtained written consent from each
participant prior to conducting the FGDs.