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Received: 15 September 2017

Accepted: 27 December 2018

First Online: 11 January 2019

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: PBAQualifications: Pharm (Ghana) MSc. Clinical Pharmacy (Kumasi).Current positions held at institutions or societies: Superintendent Pharmacist, Crown Pharmacy-Kumasi.BPAQualifications: B.Pharm (Ghana), MSc. Clinical Pharmacy, International Policy and Practice (ULSOP, London), PhD (London).Current positions held at institutions or societies: Senior Lecturer and Head of Dept of Pharmacy Practice, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.AFAMQualifications: B.Pharm (Ghana); MSc. Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice.& Policy (ULSOP, London) PhD Clinical Pharmacy (Ghana).Current positions held at institutions or societies: Lecturer Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.

: Ethical approval was obtained for the study from the Committee on Human Research Publication and Ethics (CHRPE) of KNUST/KATH and the Research and Development Unit (R&D) of KATH. Participants were taken through an informed consent process during which adequate information concerning the study was given and they were assured that the study was non-threatening. Furthermore participants either appended their signature or thumbprint to the consent form if they agreed to be part of the study. To ensure anonymity of data, identifiers were excluded from questionnaire and participants were reassured on confidentiality.

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