Avusuglo, Wisdom S.
Han, Qing
Woldegerima, Woldegebriel Assefa
Bragazzi, Nicola
Asgary, Ali
Ahmadi, Ali
Orbinski, James
Wu, Jianhong
Mellado, Bruce
Kong, Jude Dzevela
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Development Research Centre (109981)
NSERC Discovery Grant (RGPIN-2022-04559)
NSERC Discovery Launch Supplement (DGECR-2022-00454)
New Frontier in Research Fund- Exploratory (NFRFE-2021-00879)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2024
Accepted: 28 May 2024
First Online: 7 June 2024
Declarations
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: The Ethics approval to use the data was deemed unnecessary according to national legislation. In the context of South Africa, collecting data in hospitals does not require ethical review and approval. The administrative approval to access the raw anonymized data, analyze it, and use it for publication was given by the Provincial Government of Gauteng. The premier office is represented by Prof. Bruce Mellado who is a co-author of the manuscript. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant national and international guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.