Agulu, Gangtaba Gilbert
Ahissou, Noudéhouénou Crédo Adelphe
Kamiya, Yasuhiko
Baiden, Frank
Matsui, Mitsuaki
Article History
Received: 5 May 2025
Accepted: 7 August 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Declarations
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: The 2022 GDHS received ethical approval from the Ghana National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) and the ICF Institutional Review Board. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to interviews and biomarker testing. As this study is based on secondary data analysis, no additional ethical approval was required.
: Our study relied on secondary data from the GDHS [] and we have no direct contact with individual participants in this study. However, consent was duly covered by the GDHS and the ICF.
: The authors declare no competing interests.