Laar, Amos K. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-0164
Adler, Alma J.
Kotoh, Agnes M.
Legido-Quigley, Helena
Lange, Isabelle L.
Perel, Pablo
Lamptey, Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Funds for the project was made available by Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
Article History
Received: 2 July 2018
Accepted: 30 September 2019
First Online: 15 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Our study protocol received ethics approval from the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) of the London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Ref: 10152), the Ghana Health Service (Ref: GHS-ERC 04/01/15) and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana (Ethics clearance # IRB00001276). Participating in the study was preceded by a written informed consent processes, which communicated to prospective participants that their participation in the study was voluntary. It also outlined measures that the researchers would put in place to ensure privacy, anonymity and confidentiality. All participants consented to participate in the study and to the publication of their data.
: Not Applicable.
: All of the authors declare that they do not have any competing interests.