Ngugi, Sophia M.
Echoka, Elizabeth
Were, Vincent
Thuo, Nicholas
Ogello, Vallery
Gikwa, Maryeve
Muteti, Nelson
Mwangi, Paul
Kazungu, Jacob
Ngure, Kenneth
Funding for this research was provided by:
MSD (MISP # 61171)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 30 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Approval to conduct the study was granted by the KEMRI Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (KEMRI/SERU/CPHR/49/4647), and written consent was obtained from all study participants before data collection. Further, permission to conduct the study was obtained from the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation, Kenya.