Ntoimo, Lorretta Favour C.
Okonofua, Friday E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-2606
Igboin, Brian
Ekwo, Chioma
Imongan, Wilson
Yaya, Sanni
Article History
Received: 23 January 2019
Accepted: 26 July 2019
First Online: 5 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) of Nigeria – protocol number NHREC/01/01/2007–10/04/2017. The communities were contacted through lead contact persons, and permission to undertake the study was obtained from the Heads (Odionwere) of the communities. The participants were informed of the purpose of the study, and individual written informed consent was obtained from them. They were assured of the confidentiality of information obtained, and that such information would only be used for the study and not for other purposes. No names or specific contact information were obtained from the study participants. Only men and women that agreed to participate in the fully explained study were enlisted in the study.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.