Odikro, Magdalene Akos
Torpey, Kwasi
Lartey, Margaret
Agyabeng, Kofi
Shabanova, Veronika
Ganu, Vincent
Painstil, Elijah
Kenu, Ernest
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (D43 TW011526)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2025
Accepted: 29 July 2025
First Online: 25 August 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was granted by Ghana Health Service Ethical Review Committee and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Institutional Review Board (KBTH IRB) with approval numbers GHSERC: 019/11/22 and KBTH-IRB 000137/2022 respectively. Permission was received from the regional health directorates and facility heads. All participants gave informed consent and could willingly drop out of the study at any point. Data were handled with confidentiality, with only research team having access to the data and all personal identifiers removed from the data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.