Sell, Kerstin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2481-7237
Rehfuess, Eva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4318-8846
Bayiga-Zziwa, Esther https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-1391
Osuret, Jimmy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3382-620X
Pfadenhauer, Lisa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5038-8072
,
Akiteng, Ann R.
Ayele, Firaol M.
Balugaba, Bonny E.
Chapotera, Gertrude
Delobelle, Peter
Kedir, Kiya
Lakudzala, Suzgika
Levitt, Naomi S.
Meerpohl, Joerg J.
Mpando, Talitha
Niyibizi, Jean B.
Ntawuyirushintege, Seleman
Rohwer, Anke
Toews, Ingrid
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KA1608)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KA2023)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KA2111A)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Article History
Received: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 16 February 2026
First Online: 30 April 2026
Change Date: 26 June 2026
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised due to correct the funding statement and to correct the attribution of CEBHA+ Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Team members.
Change Date: 8 July 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-026-01518-y
Declarations
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: This study obtained ethics approval by the Ethics Committee of Makerere University, Uganda (Protocol 469), the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (074/RNEC/2020), the Research and Ethics Committee at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Malawi (P.11/19/2850), the Ethics Committee of AHRI, Ethiopia (PO/31/20), the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Cape Town, South Africa (026/2020), and the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine at LMU Munich, Germany (19-633). Interviewees provided written informed consent. Interview records and transcripts were handled according to European Union data protection laws and pseudonymised to maintain confidentiality.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.