Iwashita, Hanako
Nagi, Sachiyo
Bahati, Felix
Kagaya, Wataru
Larson, Peter S.
Kongere, James
Kanoi, Bernard N.
Hayasaka, Reiko
Sugishita, Tomohiko
Gitaka, Jesse
Kaneko, Akira
Funding for this research was provided by:
JSPS Bilateral Program (Grant no. JPJSBP120239939)
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (Grant no. 20JM0110020H0002)
Development of Human Resources in Science and Technology, Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment
Article History
Received: 4 August 2024
Accepted: 18 August 2025
First Online: 22 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by Mount Kenya University Independent Ethics and Research Committee (MKU-IERC) (Approval number: 723) and the Ethics Review Committee of Tokyo women’s medical university (No.2021–0023).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.