Sant Fruchtman, Carmen
Kallis, Natasha
Govender, Sudarshan
Bradshaw, Debbie
Cobos, Daniel
Morof, Diane
Groenewald, Pamela
Funding for this research was provided by:
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (GH002193)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2024
Accepted: 10 December 2024
First Online: 30 December 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the South African Medical Research Council ethics committee (EC009-4/2022) and an exemption from an ethics review by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. This project was reviewed in accordance with CDC human research protection procedures and was determined to be non-research public health surveillance. All participants in the study provided informed verbal consent, which was recorded, after being given a written study information sheet and a verbal explanation of the consenting process. All interviewed study participants provided recorded consent to participate, and their responses were recorded.
: All authors provided consent for publication of the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.