Ngubane-Mwandla, Nokukhanya
Leahy, Shannon
Lala, Nilesh
Matsena-Zingoni, Zvifadzo
Petersen, Karen L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Discovery Foundation (040128)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2024
Accepted: 29 December 2025
First Online: 8 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee (M210468) and the National Health Research Database (GP_202103_026). Research was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and informed consent from the participants was not required due to the retrospective nature of the study (see Additional File ).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.