Vandy, Alren O.
Peprah, Nana Yaw
Jerela, Joseph Yaw
Titiati, Perfect
Manu, Abubakar
Akamah, Joseph
Maya, Ernest T.
Torpey, Kwasi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-2922
Funding for this research was provided by:
WHO/TDR Special programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (B40300)
Article History
Received: 11 June 2019
Accepted: 30 September 2019
First Online: 20 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval number GHS-ERC:035/12/17 was granted by the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants after the study objectives, procedures and potential risk and benefits had been thoroughly explained. In addition, permission was obtained from the Keta District Health Directorate as well as all the four participating health facilities.
: Personal identifiers were excluded from the data set before analyses were performed. We therefore did not report any individual identifier.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.