Kolipha-Kamara, Marie Ibranatu https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5949-7960
Vandy, Ahmed https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2603-9989
Mabay, Alpha
Lahai, Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8605-3407
Osborne, Augustus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-841X
Saidu, Samuel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1293-0702
Conteh, Eugene https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1408-7680
Jawara, Abubakar
Kanu, Mohamed Bakarr
Okesanya, Olalekan John https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-4271
Adebayo, Uthman Okikiola https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2000-7451
Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo III https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-6365
Bah, Abdulai Jawo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-7882
Article History
Received: 27 October 2025
Accepted: 6 May 2026
First Online: 19 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee complying with the Helsinki Declaration on research. This study received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board of the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS-IRB), University of Sierra Leone (Approval No. COMAHS/IRB/026‑2024). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.