Struckmann, Verena
Waitzberg, Ruth
Orduhan, Clara
Junge, Louise Charlotte Olimpia
Danso, Sylvia
Sie, Ali
Binyaruka, Peter
Opoku, Daniel
Petifour, Laurène
Srivastava, Swati
De Allegri, Manuela
Quentin, Wilm
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität Berlin
Article History
Received: 17 August 2025
Accepted: 25 November 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Declarations
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: The research, methods, and interview guides were approved by the Ethics Committee Faculty VII of the TU Berlin on 06 th December 2021 (project number: 20210917), the Ethics Committee of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi on 16 th May 2022 (project number: CHRPE/AP/187/22), the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Dar Es Salaam on 13th December 2021 (project number: NIMR/HQ/R0.8a./Vol.IX/3862) and the Comite Institutionnel D’Ethique in Nouna on 15 th December 2021 (project number 2021–209/MS/SG/INSP/CRSN/CIE). We sought written informed consent from all study participants. In accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.