Munyogwa, Mariam J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-7524
William, Reuben
Kibusi, Stephen M.
Gibore, Nyasiro S.
Article History
Received: 11 July 2019
Accepted: 5 June 2020
First Online: 10 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The approval to conduct this study was granted by the Institutional Research Review Committee of the University of Dodoma-(Directorate of Research and Publication). Permission to conduct the study in Mwanza Region was obtained from the office of Regional Medical Officer. Furthermore, permission to conduct the study at BMC was sought from the Office of Director General. Permission to conduct the study at Sekou Toure and Ngudu Hospitals was sought from the respective medical officer in-charge. Prior to data collection, the objectives of the study were explained to the respondents. Respondent who showed willingness to participate in the study was given a written informed consent and asked to sign by written or thumbprint signature. All data collected during the study were treated with confidentiality. Questionnaires were assigned unique identification numbers, and no names of the patients were used during data collection.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.