Conteh, Ndeshiteelela K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-5203
Mahomed, Ozayr https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-0453
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Article History
Accepted: 31 July 2025
First Online: 3 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Con Ethical Approval This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the following institutional research ethics committees: (1) The University of Kwazulu-Natal’s Biomedical Research and Ethics Committee (ref: BREC/00002904/2021) and (2) The Namibia Ministry of Health and Social Services’ ethical committee (Ref: 17/3/3/NKC).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Participants provided written consent using pseudonyms.
: Not applicable. Identifying information, data, or photographs of individuals is not included in this article.