Said, Ali Habib https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2171-724X
Mwanga, Hussein https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2002-9700
Hussein, Ally Kassim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-7487
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (NU2GGH002292)
Article History
Received: 8 August 2024
Accepted: 28 September 2024
First Online: 4 October 2024
Declarations
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: Permission to conduct the study was granted by the ethical review committees of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and Zanzibar Health Research Institute (ZAHRI). Permission to access national leprosy program data was granted by the Ministry of Health's National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) Program Manager. Rather than assigning names, a unique number was used to preserve confidentiality. The work has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS-Research and Ethics Committee) under permission number MUHAS-REC-03-2023-1553.
: Not applicable.
: The authors state that they are not involved in any business or other organizations that may create a conflict of interest.