Adadey, Samuel M.
Schrauwen, Isabelle
Aboagye, Elvis Twumasi
Bharadwaj, Thashi
Esoh, Kevin K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-5681
Basit, Sulman http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4294-6825
Acharya, Anushree
Nouel-Saied, Liz M.
Liaqat, Khurram http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0792-5773
Wonkam-Tingang, Edmond
Mowla, Shaheen
Awandare, Gordon A.
Ahmad, Wasim http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1541-7258
Leal, Suzanne M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-8174
Wonkam, Ambroise http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1420-9051
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (107755Z/15/Z to GAA, and H3A/18/001 to AW, 107755Z/15/Z to GAA)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (U01-HG-009716 to AW; R01 DC01165, RO1 DC003594, and RO1 DC016593 to S.M.L, R01 DC01165, RO1 DC003594, and RO1 DC016593)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
Article History
Received: 17 February 2021
Revised: 8 June 2021
Accepted: 20 June 2021
First Online: 5 July 2021
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in respect of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Ghana’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Institutional Review Board (IRB) (NMIMR-IRB CPN 006/16-17), the University of Cape Town’s, Faculty of Health Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC 104/2018), the IRB at Quaid-i-Azam University (IRB-QAU-153), and the IRB of Columbia University (IRB-AAAS2343). The study objectives were explained to the participants and informed consents were signed for participants that were 18 years and older and parental consent and assent were obtained from minors.