Article History
Received: 21 July 2022
Accepted: 10 November 2022
First Online: 16 November 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) with reference number GHS-ERC 027/01/22 before data collection. Written request with the description and details of the study protocols, methods and questionnaire for ethical authorization was sought from Ghana Health Service Ethics Committee with permission from the Upper East Regional Health Directorate and the Kassena Nankana Municipal Health Directorate. At the respondents’ level, the protocol, methods and approaches were explained in English or local dialects and a written and signed/thumb print consent and child assent containing benefits and risks, confidentiality and privacy, voluntary participation and withdrawal from the study was obtained from each respondent before the interview was conducted. Partners acted as surrogates and consented on behalf of their those who were under the age of 18 years after explaining the study's rationale, benefits, and potential hazards to them. All information captured were treated confidentially and no personal identifying information concerning caregivers was presented in the analysis or publications of this study. Information that was gathered was only used for the purposes of this study. Confidentiality of respondents were ensured by not writing their names, and were informed of the measures that was put in place to keep their data secured, coded to make it impossible for anybody to trace or identify them. Participation was voluntary. Participants were made to know that there were no hidden risks and direct benefit in partaking in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that we have no competing interests.