Table 2.

Number and types of H3Africa consent forms reviewed

Project No.	Forms, n	Adult consent number additional information	Child assent number	Info sheet number
1	1	1 Checkbox: DNA sample sharing, future use	0	0
2	2	2	0	0
3	1	1	0	0
4	3	1 1 Parent consent for child	1	0
5	2	1 Checkbox: data sharing researchers any field, allow samples sent abroad, long-term storage	0	1
6	1	1	0	0
7	3	1 Parent/caregiver consent, checkbox: allow storage, re-use of samples and data, data sharing researchers any field, transfer data out of country, photos shared 1 Parent for child consent, checkbox: data stored without identifiers, sharing samples and data with researcher any field, samples sent out of country, photos shared	0	1
8	5	1 Checkbox: allow samples stored, future use 1 Ebola survivor study consent form, checkbox: allow samples stored, future use 1 Lassa fever consent form, checkbox: allow samples stored, future use	1 Sierra Leone 1 Edo State	0
9	6	1 Parent/guardian consent adolescent enrollment 1 Parent/guardian consent, checkbox: data storage, future use 1 Consent, enrollment phase V: antiretroviral therapy 1 Consent, specimen storage, phase V: antiretroviral therapy, checkbox: data storage, future use	1 Enrollment consent 1 Checkbox: data storage, future use	0
10	1	1 Checkbox: future use	0	0
11	2	1 Checkbox: biobanking	1 Checkbox: biobanking	0
12	1	1	0	0
13	3	1 Checkbox: data sharing, future use in specific field, and any field 1 Parent consent for child	1	0
14	1	1 Checkbox: DNA tests, data storage, data sharing, data sent out of country, studies reviewed by ethics committee, no direct benefits from study	0	0
15	2	1 Checkbox: understand DNA tests, DNA and information may be used, DNA sent out of country, data storage, studies reviewed by ethics committee, no direct benefit from study, may withdraw any time	0	1
16	1	1	0	0
17	1	1 Parent and child consent combined	0	0
18	3	1 Checkbox: DNA collection, data storage, data sharing	1	1
18 total projects	39 total forms	27 adult consent	8 child assent	4 info sheets