Mukamana, Agnes
Byungura, Jean Claude
Manirakiza, Felix
Rushingabigwi, Gerard
Article History
Received: 8 November 2023
Accepted: 21 May 2024
First Online: 3 June 2024
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) has approved this study with (Approval notice No: CMHS/IRB/509/2022). The CMHS Institutional Review Board is the competent committee at the University of Rwanda. In addition, the CHUK ethics committee, the CHUK ethical clearance review committee, also revised this study and provided the approval with Ref: EC/CHUK/020/2023. Before participating, participants were clearly explained about the research aims and they were given the opportunity to ask questions related to their involvement. Information about voluntary participation, right to withdraw from participation at any time (if they wish to do so) and any further clarification was provided to the participants in the informed consent form. Every participant was requested to sign a written informed consent form before participation in this research. To fulfill confidentiality requirements, the collected data were not used for purposes other than those mentioned in the objectives of this study. All steps of this study were conducted according to the Helsinki Declaration [].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.