Kweku, Margaret
Manu, Emmanuel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-3649
Amu, Hubert
Aku, Fortress Yayra
Adjuik, Martin
Tarkang, Elvis Enowbeyang
Komesuor, Joyce
Asalu, Geoffery Adebayor
Amuna, Norbert N.
Boateng, Laud Ampomah
Alornyo, Justine Sefakor
Glover, Roland
Bawah, Ayaga A.
Letsa, Timothy
Awoonor-Williams, John Koku
Phillips, James F.
Gyapong, John Owusu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (0000)
Article History
Received: 29 October 2019
Accepted: 20 May 2020
First Online: 29 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was granted ethical approval from the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (ERC) (Number: GHS-ERC: 04/01/2017). Permission was also sought from the Volta Regional Health Directorate and the two district directorates. Upon approval from the ethics review committee, participants gave their consent by thumb printing or signing an informed consent form. Thumb printing was used as an acceptable way of granting informed consent bacuse some participants could not read and write and were therefore unable to sign. Such participants were allowed to thumb print as a way of granting informed consent, after the purpose of the study had been thoroughly explained to them.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.