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    "Department of Optometry and Visual Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana",
    "Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia",
    "Bathurst Rural Clinical School (BRCS), School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Western Sydney University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia",
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