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The pervasive socio-economic and psychological burden of onchocerciasis in endemic communities of Bo District, Sierra Leone: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-28720-3

Published Online: 2026-07-27

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Moseray, Augustine Bob https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2145-1327
Gogra, Alhaji Brima

Ansumana, Rashid
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Received: 13 June 2026

Accepted: 21 July 2026

First Online: 27 July 2026

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Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval was granted by the Njala University Institutional Review Board (NUIRB) on 14 April 2024, with additional permissions from the Bo District Health Management Team and the relevant chiefdom authorities. All participants gave voluntary informed consent; for non-literate participants, consent was documented by thumbprint witnessed by an independent community member, an oral-consent procedure approved by the review board.

Consent for publication: Not applicable; no individually identifying data are presented.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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