Kayalioglu, Hazal https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1294-7477
Pateña, John
Sangeda, Raphael Z. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-5308
Masamu, Upendo
Mmbando, Bruno
Njiro, Belinda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-0643
Iyegbe, Conrad
Gyamfi, Joyce
Vieira, Dorice
Peprah, Emmanuel
Article History
Received: 20 January 2025
Accepted: 25 June 2025
First Online: 15 July 2025
Change Date: 15 October 2025
Change Type: Update
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Change Details: ). The project is led by three Scientific Co-Chairs, Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC, Kenya), Emile R. Chimusa of the Northumbria University Newcastle (United Kingdom), and A. Kofi Amegah of the University of Cape Coast (Ghana). The project is coordinated and supported by the Center for Global Health Studies at the Fogarty International Center, U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Wellcome through Grant No. 228261/Z/23/Z, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Grant No. INV-058418, in collaboration with other partner organizations”. This has been updated in the article.
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.