Assan, Abraham
Takian, Amirhossein
Aikins, Moses
Akbarisari, Ali
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences - International Campus (9413476002)
Article History
Received: 30 June 2018
Accepted: 24 October 2018
First Online: 9 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (code: IR.TUMS.VCR.REC.1395.1699), followed by the Ghana Health Service Ethical Review Committee (registration number: GHS-ERC: 08/03/2017). We also obtained informed consent from all the participants and assured them of their privacy, confidentiality and anonymity of data provided. Participation was voluntary – participants were given the right to withdraw from the study at any given point.
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