Data Use Statement De-Identified Data

Background

In support of its mission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects, generates, stores, uses, and routinely provides access to public health data. Public health and scientific advancement are best served when public health data are released to or shared with other public health agencies, academic researchers, private researchers (if appropriate), and other partners in an open, timely, and appropriate way. Pursuant to its mission, the CDC Policy on Public Health and Nonresearch Data Management and Access, January 26, 2016 seeks to make accessible public health data the agency has collected and generated subject to limits imposed by law, ethical considerations, resources, technology, data quality, and protection of data from physical and electronic risks to privacy and confidentiality.

Data and Documentation for Release

The data “Botswana Combination Prevention Project” and associated documentation are being released in compliance with the Policy on Public Health Research and Nonresearch Data Management and Access, January 26, 2016, as Public Access and subject to the following provisions.

These data were collected with the support of the:

« Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW)

« Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP)

«" Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) at Harvard University « Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Botswana

« Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta

* Northrop Grumman

Provisions By use of this data set, the user acknowledges and agrees to the following conditions:

=" No attempt will be made to identify records contained in the data provided under this Data Use Statement or to link these data with other data sources for identification purposes.

= Licensing - some rights reserved. This data set and documentation are available under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Under the terms of this license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and by reviewing and signing the Data Use Agreement, the user agrees to:

= Use these data only for analysis purposes stated in the data access request and not attempt to identify individuals or Institutions.

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= Present all data and results in such a way as to prevent deductive disclosure of individuals.

= Not share data with others or use beyond the purpose(s) stated in the data access request.

= Not to publish the received individual data on the World Wide Web and not to distribute them to any other organization or individual. Only summary level data is acceptable for publication.

= Not to produce a back-up data copy of the survey data except as required for the analysis or maintenance of the data.

Recommended Citation

Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2020. Botswana Combination Prevention Project (various) [Datasets]. Gaborone, Botswana, Boston, Massachusetts, and Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Ministry of Health and Wellness, BHP, HSPH at Harvard University, CDC [Producers]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Distributor], 2020.

General Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to provide accurate and complete information contained in this data set and documentation. However, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. The Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Northrop Grumman, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not assume any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed herein, or represents that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

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