Faye, Sylvain Landry Birane
Lugand, Maud Majeres
Offianan, André Touré
Dossou-Yovo, Aurélie
Kouadio, Dieudonné Kouakou M’Bra
Pinto, Felix
Article History
Received: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 7 May 2024
First Online: 21 May 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the national ethics committees of each country, i.e., Benin, National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC), Cotonou, Akpapka (authorisation 48, November 30, 2021); Côte d’Ivoire, National Health and Life Sciences Ethics Committee (NHLEC), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (IRB000111917); Mozambique, Comité Institucional de Bioética do Instituto Nacional de Saúde (CIBS-INS), Maputo (authorisation CIBS FM&HCM/095/2021). The protocol was also approved by the WHO Research Ethics Review Committee (ERC.0003673). In addition, preliminary meetings were held with the district health authorities and the chiefs of the concerned localities to present the content of the survey, obtain their commitment and assistance, and ensure data collection in the field. All participants provided written consent for use of their de-identified contributions.
: All participants provided written consent for publication of their de-identified contributions.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.