Bassah, Dominic
McClintic, Emilie
Danquah, Ina
Sharn, Amy R.
Sulo, Suela
Agure, Erick
Muok, Erick M. O.
Kihagi, Grace Wothaya
Sorgho, Raissa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study strictly adhered to the latest version of the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany, on May 15, 2019 (S-291/2019); by the KEMRI Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (SERU) on January 12, 2023 (Protocol No. KEMRI/SERU/CGHR/03–090431). Participants provided written informed consent prior to participating in focus group discussions.
: Not applicable.
: ARS and SS were employees of Abbott at the time of this qualitative study. ARS and SS played no part in the data collection and analysis. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.