Edet, Bassey
Sarimiye, Foluke Oladele
Essien, Emmanuel
Lu, Bonnie
Harris, Paige
Azimi, John
Lalji-Mawji, Sarah
Udosen, Joseph
Edet, Christine
Olagunju, Tinuke Oluwasefunmi
Kolawole, Olubukola Folayemi
Ostermeyer, Britta Klara
Chaimowitz, Gary Andrew
Olagunju, Andrew Toyin
Article History
Received: 1 March 2025
Accepted: 16 February 2026
First Online: 19 February 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval (ethics number: UCTH/HREC/33/353) was granted by the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) before study was started. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and this study adhered to the ethical standards of the institution-national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its recent amendments regarding all procedures involving human participants. The information collected was treated with strict confidentiality.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.