Heunis, Christo
Chikobvu, Perpetual
Muteba, Michel
Kigozi-Male, Gladys
Engelbrecht, Michelle
Mushori, Providence
Article History
Received: 3 April 2023
Accepted: 17 October 2023
First Online: 11 November 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee of the University of the Free State (UFS-HSD 2021/0786/3108, July 2022) and all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki. Due to the retrospective, anonymised nature of the data, the Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee of the University of the Free State waived the need for informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: PC is an employee of the Free State Department of Health and MM and PM were employees of WHO South Africa based in the Free State at the time of the study. CH, GK-M and ME declare no conflicts of interest.