Nambafu, Scolastica Nanjala
Bett, Hillary
Sibiko, Kenneth Waluse
Article History
Received: 2 August 2023
Accepted: 23 January 2024
First Online: 4 April 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Egerton University Research Ethics Committee (EUREC) approval number EUISERC/APP/236/2023 and the National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI) approval (licence number (NACOSTI/P/23/25926). Informed consent was obtained from participants involved in this study who were briefed in the presence of a witness (local experts) that their participation in this study was voluntary and that confidentiality would be maintained at all times. All study participants were above 20 years of age and provided informed verbal consent prior to study enrolment. The collected data were kept anonymous, confidential, and in accordance with international and national ethical guidelines. Consent for publication was equally obtained at this point.
: We declare that this work is original academic research conducted by the authors. The manuscript has not been submitted elsewhere and is not under consideration by any other journal. We declare no conflict of interest.