Agu, Chibuike Innocent
Agu, Ifunanya Clara
Mbachu, Chinyere Ojiugo
Ezumah, Nkoli
Onwujekwe, Obinna
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Development Research Centre, Canada (108677, 108677, 108677, 108677, 108677)
Article History
Received: 18 May 2023
Accepted: 3 January 2024
First Online: 11 January 2024
Declarations
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: The project protocol was submitted to the Health Research Ethics Committee of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu and the Research and Ethics Committee of Ebonyi State Ministry of Health. Ethical approval was secured and renewed from both committees until the project was completed. Before the interview, participants were informed of the research objective, their rights and measures that will be taken to protect them and their data. Informed written consent was obtained from parents/guardians of adolescents (aged 13–17 years) who participated in focus group discussions. Adolescents who were 18 years of age gave a written consent for themselves.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there is no competing interest.