Anaba, Michael Kurubire http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6767-6406
Ibisomi, Latifat
Owusu-Agyei, Seth
Chirwa, Tobias
Ramaswamy, Rohit
Funding for this research was provided by:
TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR grant number: B40299.)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2019
Accepted: 5 July 2019
First Online: 15 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was sought from the Wits Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the Kintampo Health Research Centre in Ghana. The Wits HREC (non-Medical) approved this study on 13th January 2017 with clearance certificate no: M161196. The study also received ethical approval from the IEC of Kintampo Health Research Centre in Ghana with certificate no: KHRCIEC 2017–1. Permission was also sought from the Municipal Health Directorate and management of the health facilities included in the study. Anonymity and confidentiality were assured before the interviews were conducted and we obtained written informed consent from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.