Okonofua, Friday Ebhodaghe
Ntoimo, Lorretta Favour Chizomam
Ekezue, Bola
Ohenhen, Victor
Agholor, Kingsley
Gana, Mohammed
Igboin, Brian
Ekwo, Chioma
Imongan, Wilson
Galadanci, Hadiza
Ogu, Rosemary
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization, Geneva (Protocol ID A65869)
Article History
Received: 22 April 2020
Accepted: 17 September 2020
First Online: 4 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the World Health Organization and the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) of Nigeria – number NHREC/01/01/2007–16/07/2014, renewed in 2015 with NHREC 01/01/20047–12/12/2015b.This study was registered in the ISRCTN on August 14th, 2020. Trial Registration Number ISRCTN17985403 ExternalRef removed. Retrospective registration. The reason for the retrospective registration is the current non-recognition of the Nigeria Clinical Trials Registry (NCTR); which is currently not an ICMJE or WHO ICTRP approved registry. (This study was registered in the Nigeria Clinical Trials Registry on April 14th, 2016. Trial Registration Number NCTR No: 91540209. ExternalRef removed) The Chief Medical Directors, Heads of Departments of the hospitals, and the participants were informed of the purpose of the study, and verbal consent was obtained from them to conduct the study. They were assured of the confidentiality of the information obtained. No names or specific contact information were obtained from study participants.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.