As editors of HARPS, we are delighted that our journal has been invited to help inform the establishment of the WHO Global Observatory by publishing a series of papers whose publication costs will be funded by the WHO.
All potential participants are invited to be informed about the trial and the information is given in a quiet and undisturbed office.
Participants will receive formal written information about the requirements of the study and invited to provide informed and written consent.
Potential participants were checked for eligibility and were invited to give informed written consent.
Assenting patients will then be formally assessed for eligibility and invited to provide informed, written consent.
The study was explained and the participant invited to give informed written consent and to complete the baseline questionnaire.
All patients were invited to give informed consent prior to HIV testing, and all electronic data were analysed anonymously.
Assenting patients will be invited to provide informed, written consent before being registered into the trial and formally assessed for eligibility.
Respondents were informed about the nature of the study, invited to participate and informed consent for study participation and later access to respondents' academic records elicited in writing.
