Mboya, Erick A.
Ndumwa, Harrieth P.
Amani, Davis E.
Nkondora, Paulina N.
Mlele, Victoria
Biyengo, Happines
Mashoka, Ramadhan
Haniffa, Rashan
Beane, Abi
Mfinanga, Juma
Sunguya, Bruno F.
Sawe, Hendry R.
Baker, Tim
Article History
Received: 5 January 2023
Accepted: 27 July 2023
First Online: 8 August 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval to conduct this study was obtained from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Research and Ethics Committee (MUHAS-REC-4-2020-217) and the National Health Research and Ethics Committee (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol. IX/3752). Permission to extract patient data was obtained from Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH/TRCU/IRB/Perm/2021/082). Since the study involved anonymized secondary data analysis, informed consent was also waived by the above committees. All the methods were performed in accordance to the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: All other authors have declared no competing interests.