AVAILABILITY AND REQUIREMENTS
Project name: RDS Solution
Project home page: http://rds.clients.gx5.co.uk/; https://rds-central.clients.gx5.co.uk/#/login?next=%2F
Operating system(s): Platform independent. Node JS.
Programming language: PHP
Other requirements: Node ^14/PHP ^7.3
License: GNU Lesser General Public License
Any restrictions to use by non-academics: Written permission from the authors required.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
Approval was granted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Observational Research Ethics Committee (REC# 25672). The study was carried out in line with LSHTM’s Good Research Practice Policy [Version 2: 5.0] and all regulatory obligations required by the General Data Protection Regulation and its legal instrument governing its implementation in the UK (i.e. the Data Protection Act 2018). All participants consented to participate in the study through positive action. Eligibility to participate in the study required positive assertion; no one under the age of 18 was eligible to participate. A Data Protection Impact Assessment for this project was reviewed and approved by the LSHTM Data Protection Officer.
Consent for publication
All participants provided informed consent through positive action.
Availability of data and materials
The full dataset from the mortality survey will be made available as part of a future publication reporting on the study results. The specific data referenced in this paper are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. The source code for the RDS Solution can be downloaded from GitHub [LINK TO BE ADDED PRIOR TO PUBLICATION].
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding
This material has been co-funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Grant #GH002319).
This publication has been supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totalling $XX with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government. Likewise, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect that of the FCDO’s or the UK government’s official policies.
Authors' contributions
Catherine R. McGowan: Supervision, Writing (original draft), Project administration Promise Ekoriko: Methodology, Software, Writing (review and editing), Visualisation Mervat Alhaffar: Conceptualisation, Methodology, Resources, Writing (review and editing) Sarah Cassidy-Seyoum: Resources, Writing (review and editing) Steven Whitbread: Resources, Writing (review and editing) Phil Rogers: Resources, Writing (review and editing) Lucy Bell: Resources, Project administration, Writing (review and editing), Supervision Francesco Checchi: Conceptualisation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing (review and editing), Supervision, Funding Acquisition.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Monica Cozzone (Data Protection Officer) and Abu Hossain (Information Security Officer) at the LSHTM. We would also like to thank Chris Johnston (FCDO Information and Digital Directorate) for his feedback on the digital spend proposal. We would also like to thank Cam Nguyen (LSHTM Web Team), and Jamal Badr and Sawsan Alrefai for their support with recruitment and for reviewing the draft Yemen mortality survey. Finally, thank you (so much) to Dawit Seyoum and Dr Shirley Huchcroft.