Amoako, Yaw Ampem
Laryea, Dennis Odai
Agbanyo, Abigail
Agbavor, Bernadette
Oppong, Michael Ntiamoah
Kyem, Gloria
Abass, Kabiru Mohammed
van Bentum, Renee
Phillips, Richard Odame
Stienstra, Ymkje
Article History
Received: 30 August 2023
Accepted: 21 March 2024
First Online: 26 March 2024
Declarations
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: All participants provided written informed consent. For young children (< 18 years), written consent was obtained from parents or legal guardians. The study was approved by the Committee on Human Research, Publications and Ethics (CHRPE) of the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (approval number: CHRPE/AP/671/19 and CHRPE/AP/829/22) in Ghana and the University Medical Center Groningen Institutional Review Board (approval number 201900650) in the Netherlands. All study procedures were performed in accordance with the principles guiding research in human subjects as set out in the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.