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Ezeh, Jane Onyinyechi
Madukwe, Edith Uzoma
Ukaegbu, Eugene Chijindu
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Article History
Received: 18 September 2025
Accepted: 2 April 2026
First Online: 11 April 2026
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria (Approval No.: NHREC/05/01/2008B-FWA00002458-IRB00002323). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013) and the Nigerian National Code of Health Research Ethics. Clinical trial number: not applicable. Informed consent was obtained from both community leaders and individual participants.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
