Afrane, Adwoa K. A.
Alhassan, Yakubu
Amoah, Linda Eva
Nyarko, Mame Yaa
Addo-Lartey, Adolphina
Paintsil, Elijah
Torpey, Kwasi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center of National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (D43 TW011526)
Fogarty International Center of National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (D43 TW011526)
Article History
Received: 30 December 2023
Accepted: 22 September 2024
First Online: 11 October 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval to conduct research at the PML was granted by the Ghana Health Service Ethical Review Board, Accra (GHS-ERC: 047/07/22). Ethical approval to conduct research at KBTH was granted from the Iinstitutional Review Board of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Greater Accra region (KBTH-STC/IRB/000110/2022). Written informed consent/assent was obtained from study participants after the objectives of the study were explained. All procedures involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: Findings of this study are not influenced by the finders or the position of the finders. The authors declare no competing interests.