Egbe, Thomas Obinchemti http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-9517
Ewane, Edwin Nkwelle
Tendongfor, Nicholas
Article History
Received: 22 September 2019
Accepted: 24 January 2020
First Online: 3 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon (IRB/FHS/UB) (ref. No 2019/887–01/UB/SG/IRB/FHS) and administrative approval was obtained from the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon (ref. No. 2019/340/UB/VD/RC/FHS), and the Regional Delegation of Public Health for the South-West Region (ref. No. R11/MINSNANTE/SWR/RDPH/RCS.GA/732/568) as well as the directors of the Regional Hospitals of Buea and Limbe (ref. No. 351/MPH/SWR/RHL/DO). Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.