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Article History

Received: 18 May 2025

Accepted: 25 August 2025

First Online: 26 November 2025

Declarations

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: The study sort opinions in a form of questionnaires, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions from participants who have specialities in the field of study. Permission was obtained by way of introductory letter from the researcher affiliated institution before conducting the study. Respondents were assured of the confidentiality of their views which was purely for academic purpose. The institution letter would be made available upon request.

: Consent to participate in the data collection option was provided in the instruments for the data collection which was followed strictly. Respondents who opted not to take part were respected. Surveys and other instruments would be made available upon request.

: We hereby give consent for the publication of the manuscript, including any other data that may be made available during the course of the review process or included in the manuscript.

: The study was carried out in the Upper East Region of Ghana. As part of the data collections, the study did not at any point used humans and/or the use of human tissue as samples for experiment leading to the publication of this work. The work was purely social in nature and consent to participate in the questionnaire survey was fully followed during the data collection process. Therefore, there is no conflict of interest anywhere regarding the declaration of informed consent from any institution or government.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Clinical trial number: not applicable.