Nwaozuru, Ucheoma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-0928
Iwelunmor, Juliet
Ong, Jason J.
Salah, Sawsan
Obiezu-Umeh, Chisom
Ezechi, Oliver
Tucker, Joseph D.
Article History
Received: 27 September 2019
Accepted: 17 December 2019
First Online: 27 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at Saint Louis University. IRB Number: 28628; Assurance No: FWA00005304 and the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Institutional Review Board. All participants in the study provided written informed consent by themselves, including participants between 14 and 17 years. This is because the age of consent to participate in sexual and reproductive research in Nigeria is from 14 years, so individuals who are 14 years and above can provide informed consent by themselves. This is provided in the guideline document by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health:
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.