About the Authors
- Anna Afferri
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: anna.afferri@gmail.com
Affiliation School of Health and Related Research–ScHARR, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Susan Dierickx
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Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Clinical Sciences, Research Centre Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality—RHEA, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
- Mustapha Bittaye
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Ministry of Health, Banjul, The Gambia, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, Banjul, The Gambia
- Musa Marena
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Ministry of Health, Banjul, The Gambia, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, Banjul, The Gambia
- Allan Antony Pacey
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Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Julie Balen
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations School of Allied and Public Health Professions, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council–MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia
Competing Interests
AA, SD, MB, and MM declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. JB reports an honorary fellowship with MRC The Gambia Unit. AP reports paid consultancy for Cryos International, Cytoswim Ltd, Exceed Health, and Merck Serono in the last two years, but all monies have been paid to the University of Sheffield (former employer). AP is also an unpaid trustee of the Progress Educational Trust (Charity Number 1139856).