Whitaker, John
Ghalichi, Leila
Amberbir, Alemayehu
Ignatowicz, Agnieszka
MacQuene, Tamlyn
Berhe, Derbew Fikadu
Wajidali, Zabin
Sithole, Debra
Agbeko, Anita Eseenam
Twizeyimana, Eric
Munyura, Ngirabeza Oda
Rahim, Komal Abdul
Gudugbe, Senyo
Alhassan, Pascal Deeshini Aliu
Navsaria, Pradeep
D’Ambruoso, Lucia
Razzak, Junaid
Chu, Kathryn
Davies, Justine
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (133135)
Article History
Received: 20 March 2025
Accepted: 19 March 2026
First Online: 22 April 2026
Declarations
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: The Equi-Injury study adheres to the Helsinki Declaration and ethical Review Boards have approved the Equi-Injury study in each participating country; Ghana (GHS-ERC 014/09/22), Pakistan (2022–7372–23339), Rwanda (NHRC/2022/PROT/044), and South Africa (N22/07/079) and University of Birmingham accepted the local ethics approvals for this project in lieu of the requirement for full ethics review. This study was conducted with data collectors delivering the Equi-Injury study, and additional formal ethical approval for this sub-study was not sought, given that the participants for this study are all researchers within Equi Injury who were fully informed of the work and also provided informed verbal consent to participate in the FGD. The results are reported anonymously.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.