Article History
Received: 19 May 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 13 November 2020
Ethical approval and consent to participate
: The ethical approval was sought and obtained from the Kenyatta University Ethics and Research Review Committee (KU-ERRC) under application number PKU/826/I892 and approval ref.: KU/ERC/APPROVAL/Vol.1 (161). In addition, authorization was sought and obtained from the Directorate of the national blood transfusion Services and research permit obtained from the National Commission of science, technology and innovation. Additionally, written informed consent was sought from each voluntary blood donor who chose to participate in the study aged between 18 and 60 years. Voluntary blood donors were not coerced nor remunerated to take part in the study. During data collection, the donors’ identity was coded using special numbers to ensure their personal data does not lead to their identification.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.