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Article History

Received: 22 July 2024

Accepted: 19 February 2025

First Online: 19 May 2025

Declarations

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: The study was carried out with the approval of the Ethical Committee of the School of Nursing and Public Health at the University of Namibia (SoNEC 112/2022) and the Ministry of Health and Social Services (Ref: 22/3/1/2). All the participants provided written informed consent before joining the study. The participants were also notified that they had the option to withdraw from the study at any point. The study adhered to the principles of the revised Declaration of Helsinki guidelines for medical research that involves human subjects.

: Written informed consent obtained from the study participants was limited to participation and publication of data only without any identifying images.

: The authors declare no competing interests.