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Article History

Received: 28 June 2023

Accepted: 22 November 2023

First Online: 15 December 2023

Declarations

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: Ethical approval for this study has been obtained from the AMREF Africa Ethics and Scientific Review Committee (REF: AMREF – ESRC P1210/2022). Written informed consent will be sought and participation will be voluntary with no coercion. Any potential risks and benefits of the study will be described to the participants. There will be a token of compensation to cater for the time spent during the interview and/or to compensate for airtime used for Internet access in case of online meetings. This compensation will be based on the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust research participant compensation policy.

: The Participant Information Sheet states that after the study has finished, the results will be written up as part of Jamlick Karumbi’s postgraduate research thesis and submitted for examination to the University of Liverpool. The results will also be submitted for publication in an academic journal and presented at conferences. All the results will be anonymized.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.