Kalume, Zamzam
Jansen, Bart
Nyssen, Marc
Cornelis, Jan
Verbeke, Frank
Niyoyita, Jean Paul
Funding for this research was provided by:
Center of Excellence for Biomedical Engineering and E-health (CEBE).
Article History
Received: 5 April 2022
Accepted: 16 November 2022
First Online: 28 November 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ministry of Health, Rwanda national ethics committee 125/RNEC/2021 and national health research committee NHRC/2021/PTRO/016. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.The Rwanda Ministry of Health, Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC) approved the study protocol as well as informed consent waiver.Since there was no provision for consent of a retrospective study. we accompanied our knowledge of the organizational context with ethical responsibility whereby hospital managers were explained the data collection process and each hospital assigned in writing a dedicated staff to supervise the process to ensure the confidentiality and anonymity.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.