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Article History

Received: 12 August 2020

Accepted: 30 July 2021

First Online: 21 August 2021

Declarations

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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (Project N0: IRB/20/048). The ethical committee approved and waived the need for written informed consent and were satisfied with verbal consent as there was no risk of breach of confidentiality and interviews were anonymized. Due to the minimal risk of this study, verbal consent was considered acceptable. The verbal informed consent ensured that the potential research subjects fully understood the purpose of the research study. Participants were made to understand that their participation was voluntary and at any point they felt the need to withdraw, there was no consequence to withdrawal. Also, they fully understood the benefits and risk if any before participation. The consent form which was read and explained to all the research participants was documented. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that there is no competing interest.