Article History
Received: 12 October 2017
Accepted: 25 September 2018
First Online: 23 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: A letter of approval to conduct this study was given by The Gambia government and Medical Research Council Joint Ethical Committee, reference number R016005.Participants’ informed consent was sought during the recruitment process and during data collection, to ensure that participants’ rights were protected. As a result of the high illiteracy rate among participants, a verbal consent was given which was authenticated by their signatures in the form of thumb prints on the informed consent form. This was approved by The Gambia government and Medical Research Council Joint Ethical Committee.
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