Nsiah-Asamoah, Christiana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-0876
Adjei, George http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-7071
Agblorti, Samuel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9579-1575
Doku, David Teye http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-2520
Article History
Received: 11 February 2022
Accepted: 30 September 2022
First Online: 7 October 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board at the University of Cape Coast (Reference/Identification: UCCIRB/ CHLS/2018/02) and the Dodowa Health Research Centre’s (DHRC) Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Ghana Health Service (Reference/Identification: DHRCIRB/04/02/18). Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all study participants. We also received written or thumb-printed consent from mothers of all selected children. All data collection methods were carried out in accordance with relevant ethical Guidelines of the Ghana Health Service Ethical Review Committee and the University of Cape Coast Ethical Review Board. The regulations involved in the conduct of this research involving humans also took into consideration the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.