Conteh, Abu
Dean, Laura
Wilkinson, Annie
Macarthy, Joseph
Koroma, Braima
Theobald, Sally
Article History
Received: 1 October 2024
Accepted: 23 February 2025
First Online: 11 March 2025
Declarations
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: The ethics application for my PhD study was approved on 5th August 2021 after fulfilling all the requirements by the LSTM Research and Ethics Committee (21–043). The study was also approved by the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee (Version 2.0 of 28th July 2021) on 4th August 2021 after fulfilling all requirements. Both approving bodies requested the submission of all research tools including interview and focus group discussion guides, information sheets, and consent forms. The ethics approvals provided adequate safeguards for the protection of research participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.