Addo, Emmanuel Kofi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-2950
Akuffo, Kwadwo Owusu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-249X
Sewpaul, Ronel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-1222
Dukhi, Natisha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-7424
Agyei-Manu, Eldad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2712-0198
Asare, Akosua Kesewah http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9457-6884
Kumah, David Ben http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4634-3637
Awuni, Moses http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4344-8759
Reddy, Priscilla http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-9155
Article History
Received: 14 July 2020
Accepted: 2 November 2020
First Online: 1 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the South African Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) (REC number: 6/16/11/11). The study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent/assent was obtained from all the survey participants. Written informed consent was obtained from a parent or guardian or caregiver for participants aged below 18 years. Access to the data was granted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the institution who conducted the SANHANES survey. Furthermore, some of the authors are from the HSRC.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.