Wamalwa, Phidelis N. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7789-1292
Strupat, Christoph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5545-3627
Yeboah, Edmund https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-3856
Kuloba, MaryBennah N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-4619
Mbuthia, Boniface https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9029-7295
De Allegri, Manuela https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-1337
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg der Universität Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 7 June 2024
Accepted: 3 September 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
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: In line with the Declaration of Helsinki, study approval was obtained from the Kenya National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI) (License No: NACOSTI/P/19/1408). Written informed consent was obtained from each respondent before the interview. The university ethics committee did not require additional ethics approval since this was an analysis of secondary data accessed in a fully anonymised format.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.