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Authors
Madela, SLM
Harriman, NW
Sewpaul, R
Mbewu, AD
Williams, DR
Sifunda, S
Manyaapelo, T
Nyembezi, A
Reddy, SP
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic Foundation
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Article History
Received: 10 October 2022
Accepted: 9 February 2023
First Online: 2 March 2023
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: All individuals consented to participate in the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the International Ethical Practice for Research with Human Subjects. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and/or their LAR. Participants who were unable to read and/or write had the consent forms read out to them and a fingerprint was obtained. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC) Research Ethics Committee (REC)—Protocol Number: REC 4/21/09/16. The HSRC REC is registered with the South African National Health Research Ethics Council (REC-290808–015). The HSRC REC has US Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Federal-wide Assurance (FWA Organisation No. 0000 6347).
: This manuscript does not contain data from any individual person – not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
