Asamoah, Yaw https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5003-4845
Ansah-Mensah, Kow https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5131-2819
Osman, Adams https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-7067
Atanga, Raphael Ane https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-6599
Article History
Received: 22 January 2025
Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 2 October 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for this study including the verbal informed consent of participants was granted by the University of Cape Coast Institutional Review Board (UCCIRB), with reference number UCCIRB/CHLS/2016/03. Verbal consent was given for participation after the “informed consent” form was read out and interpreted in their local languages to them. This research is in line with the Helsinki declaration on research carried out on humans and/or human data.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.