Ferrero, Elisabetta
Ncayiyana, Jabulani
Machanyangwa, Sphindile
Partap, Uttara
Shinde, Sachin
Bajaria, Shraddha
Sivewright, Nathan
Neumann, Christine
Sando, Mary Mwanyika
Laxy, Michael
Bärnighausen, Till
Fawzi, Wafaie
Burns, Jacob https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4015-6862
Funding for this research was provided by:
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01KA2219B)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01KA2219A)
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 21 November 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 11 May 2026
Declarations
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: The Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC) of UKZN (BREC/00006459/2023) (Additional file 4) and the Ethics Committee at Heidelberg University provided ethical approval of the study protocol, and ethical approval will be renewed annually. Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all survey participants. In the case of participants under 18 years of age, written informed assent was obtained from participants along with written informed consent of one parent or guardian.
: A model consent is provided in the Supplementary Information (Additional file 3).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.