Chen-Charles, Jenny https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-0905
De Vos, Lindsey
Vundhla, Prisca
Gebengu, Avuyonke
Rousseau, Elzette
Bekker, Linda-Gail
Peters, Remco
Mussa, Aamirah
Morroni, Chelsea
Toska, Elona
Babalola, Chibuzor M.
Klausner, Jeffrey
Davey, Dvora Joseph
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck (Merck Investigator Initiated Studies Program)
Article History
Accepted: 31 July 2025
First Online: 29 August 2025
Declarations
:
: No competing interests to declare.
: Ethics approval for the study in the South African sites (Cape Town and East London) was obtained from the University of Cape Town (HREC: 619/2022; 027/2024), and approval for the Botswana site was granted by the Botswana Health Research Development Committee (Ref: HRDC #0098). Participants in South Africa received a grocery voucher (USD 8) to reimburse their time, and reimbursement for transport (USD 1.50) and participants in Botswana received a cash reimbursement (USD 4).