Article History
Received: 3 February 2020
Accepted: 22 February 2021
First Online: 16 March 2021
Declarations
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: This study obtained ethical clearance from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC) (Approval: BE298/18). Gatekeeper permissions were provided by the KZN Department of Health’s HIV, AIDS and STIs Directorate, the Directorate for Health Research and Knowledge Management (KZ_201809_011), and the Zoë-Life Directorate, respectively.We sought written informed consent from all adult participants before conducting the respective interviews. We also sought parental consent for children below the age of 16 in writing. Lastly, we obtained child-assent from all the children that participated in the study using a child-friendly story-based information sheet and assent form.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationship(s) that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.