Ethics statement
AIDS
AIDS
The study was approved by site Institutional Review Boards/Ethics Committees (IRBs/ECs) prior to use: University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Zimbabwe Joint Research Ethics Committee, Johns Hopkins Medicine Institutional Review Board and the Joint Clinical AIDS Research Center IRB of Uganda. Written informed consent was obtained from adult participants, and from minors who were legally able to consent as per local regulations. Written informed assent and parental/guardian consent was obtained from all other minors, and those who turned 18 during the study subsequently signed the adult informed consent form (ICF). In addition to ICFs, the REACH Protocol Team worked with study staff and community representatives to develop appropriate materials about the study and a standardized approach to implementing the informed assent/consent process at all study sites.