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, 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.