Funding for this research was provided by:
International Development Research Centre (104519-017)
Article History
Received: 29 September 2017
Accepted: 21 February 2018
First Online: 6 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Ethical Review Boards of McGill University, Canada (A09-B21-09A), and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon (004/09–10). Written informed consent was obtained from all parents whose children participated in the study. In addition, each participating child provided signed assent before the questionnaire was administered.
: No identifying information of study participants is included in the manuscript.
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