Setubi, Armel F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9016-6869
Shaw, Bryan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0832-5462
Gashongore, Ignace
Kraemer, John
Mesumbe, Julienne S.
BeLue, Rhonda
Bazira, Deus
Hunter, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office of Jesuit Conference of Canada and the U.S. and CDC Cooperative Agreement award under PEPFAR
Article History
Received: 14 July 2025
Accepted: 5 February 2026
First Online: 14 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Georgetown University Institutional Review Board (STUDY00007916) and the Center Region Ethical Committee of the Cameroon Ministry of Health (0679/CRERSHC/2024) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards, as well as the relevant national guidelines for research involving human participants in Cameroon. All participants provided written informed consent for both study participation and the audio recording of interviews.
: Signed informed consent, along with verbal confirmation, was obtained from all participants prior to the start of the interviews.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.