Castro Lopes, Sofia
Constant, Deborah
Fraga, Sílvia
Harries, Jane
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/146625/2019, CEECIND/01516/2017)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town (FRC Award 2019)
Article History
Received: 15 September 2023
Accepted: 24 January 2024
First Online: 2 February 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town (Ref: HREC 579/2019) and from the Institutional Committee of Bioethics for Health from the Faculty of Medicine/Central Hospital of Maputo, Mozambique (Ref: CIBS FM&HCM/98/2019). The DPS and the Directorate of Health of the City of Maputo approved the implementation of the study before its commencement. All participants provided written informed consent and verbal permission for audio recording prior to the interview. Confidentiality and anonymity were ensured, and data were stored securely with access limited to the research team only.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.