Abdulai, Kasim
Alhassan, Abdul Rauf
Anane, Isaac
Addae-Mensah, Ivan
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Article History
Received: 10 August 2025
Accepted: 7 October 2025
First Online: 11 November 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (Protocol: GHS-ERC 007/07/19). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent before enrollment. For individuals who were non-literate, the consent forms were verbally translated into the local language, and their consent was documented via thumbprint in the presence of an impartial witness, following established ethical guidelines.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any person’s data in any form (including individual details, images, or videos).
: The authors declare no competing interests.