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Authors
James, Peter Bai
Osborne, Augustus
Babawo, Lawrence Sao
Bah, Abdulai Jawo
Margao, Emmanuel Kamanda
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Article History
Received: 29 July 2022
Accepted: 12 December 2022
First Online: 16 December 2022
Declarations
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: We did not seek ethics approval, given that our study was based on a secondary analysis of publicly available data. However, ethics approval was sought from the ministries of health in the respective countries prior to collecting the primary data. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or guardians of adolescents that participated in the surveys. Also, survey coordinators explained the essence of the survey to students in their classes and were given the option to opt out of the survey if they so desired without any repercussions whatsoever.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declared no conflict of interest.
