“We have to amplify what we saw at EBOVAC” – Assessing participant perceptions, attitudes, and acceptability of an ancillary care policy in an Ebola vaccine trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A mixed methods study

• Gwen Lemey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Gwen.Lemey@uantwerpen.be

  Affiliations Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2879-5330

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• Ynke Larivière,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Solange Milolo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Tropical Medicine Department, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Trésor Zola Matuvanga,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Tropical Medicine Department, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Maha Salloum,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Patrick Mitashi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tropical Medicine Department, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Pierre Van Damme,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Raffaella Ravinetto,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Hypolite Muhindo-Mavoko,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tropical Medicine Department, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Vivi Maketa ,

  Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Tropical Medicine Department, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of The Congo

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• Sibyl Anthierens

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Centre for General Practice, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University, of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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