Joseph, Friday Ilop
Earland, Jane
Article History
Received: 17 December 2018
Accepted: 12 August 2019
First Online: 20 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Katsina Health Research Ethic Committee (HREC) with reference number: MOH/ADM/SUB/1152/1/108 and the University of Liverpool Ethic Committee. All the ethical principles of voluntary participation, autonomy and confidentiality were strictly adhered to. Before each interview started, participants’ voluntarily participation was reaffirmed, and questions answered, after which they voluntarily signed the informed consent form. Those that could not write made a thumb print on the form after it was read out, which was witnessed by the translator.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.