Rapiya, Bongwekazi
Khuzwayo, Nelisiwe
Asher, Laura
Brooke-Sumner, Carrie
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK Government's Newton Fund
Article History
Received: 21 December 2024
Accepted: 15 May 2025
First Online: 16 July 2025
Declarations
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: The Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (BE407/13; HSS/0623/012D) and the South African Medical Research Council Ethics committee (EC007-4/2019) gave ethical approval for the study. Written voluntary informed consent for use of interview data was obtained from all participants prior to research interviews. The results in this manuscript were submitted as part of a thesis for the requirement of the MMed Sciences degree from the University of KwaZulu Natal.
: This study does not present any individual’s personal identifying data in any form.
: The authors declare no competing interests.