Jovine, Jovina
Nyanza, Elias C.
Asori, Moses
Thomas, Deborah SK.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS Internal Funding, CUHAS Internal Funding)
Article History
Received: 15 October 2022
Accepted: 4 December 2023
First Online: 12 December 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical Approval was granted from the joint Catholic University of Health and Allied sciences and Bugando Medical Centre Ethics and Research Review Committee (CREC/488/2021). Permission to conduct the research in Geita and Mwanza was obtained from respective Regional and District Administrative Secretary offices (<i>Ref. No: GTA/M.10/81</i>). This cross-sectional study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki for experiments involving human subjects. Written informed consent was obtained from all the study participants aged 18 years and above prior to data collection. Pregnant women below 18 years of age provided assent, whereby their parents/guardians provided an informed consent as detailed elsewhere [9].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.