Article History
Received: 22 December 2021
Accepted: 25 October 2022
First Online: 14 February 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures complied with the institutional and/or national research committee's ethical standards, as well as the 1964 Helsinki statement and its subsequent modifications or similar ethical standards. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants follow the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. A retrospective exemption approval was granted by the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee (GHS-ERC) according to the Standard Operating Procedures 2015. Accordingly, written and verbal consent was obtained from the respondents, while their responses were anonymously reported. As such, the rationale behind the study was explained to the participants and then written and verbal consent was sought from them before agreeing to participate in the study. As the dignity, safety, and well-being of the interviewees were a matter of primary concern to the researchers, participation in the study was strictly voluntary, and no identifying or sensitive information was recorded.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.