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Authors
Osei-Mensah, Jubin
Appiah-Kwarteng, Cornelia
Sabtiu, Abdul Rahim Mohammed
Darko, Richmond
Opoku, Vera Serwaa
Ackam, Nancy
Armoh, Stephen Yaw
Koyaara, Abraham Domo
Okoh-Owusu, Marion
Appiah-Poku, John
Afrane, Yaw Asare
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Small Grants Programme of 2021
National Institute of Health (D43 TW 011513)
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Article History
Received: 9 December 2025
Accepted: 21 May 2026
First Online: 4 June 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from Committee on Human Research Publication and Ethics (CHRPE) of the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) (CHRPE/AP/204/22) and the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (GHS-ERC) (GHS-ERC: 011/05/22). All participants, including health workers and community members, provided informed written consent prior to enrolment. Confidentiality of participant data was strictly maintained. The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki’s ethical principles for medical research involving human participants. Permission to conduct the study at the various sites was obtained from the community leaders.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
