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Authors
Horwood, C.
Luthuli, S.
Haskins, L.
Mapumulo, S.
Kubeka, Z.
Tshitaudzi, G.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
UNICEF South Africa
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Article History
Received: 10 September 2024
Accepted: 14 January 2025
First Online: 26 March 2025
Declarations
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: The study was carried out according to the guidelines and regulations laid down in the declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC/00003893/2022) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and permission was obtained from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health (KZ_202203_30) and Gauteng Department of Health (GP_202203_057). Individual approval was obtained from ethics committees in the three districts in Gauteng and letters of support were obtained from the two districts in KZN. All participating mothers and primary child carers provided written informed consent to participate. Consent forms were prepared in isiZulu, Setswana and English. To ensure participants’ anonymity participants were allocated a study number and no names or identifying information were recorded on the database.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
