Kenu, Ernest
Ganu, Vincent
Noora, Charles Lwanga
Adanu, Richard
Lartey, Margaret
Article History
Received: 2 March 2017
Accepted: 14 February 2018
First Online: 28 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Ghana Health Service and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. Furthermore, permission to conduct the study was sought from the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate and the various public sector health facility superintendents.Identifiers in terms of healthcare service providers’ and facilities’ names were all removed prior to storage and analysis, and only study IDs were used to guarantee participant confidentiality.All members of the study team were required to participate in and have an active certificate in human subject studies and research ethics from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative program.Written informed consent was sought from all participants prior to questionnaire administration. Data were stored in a secure locked cabinet and access was granted to the principal investigator and co-principal investigator only. Data held on computers were encrypted with a password that was made available only on-a-need-to-know basis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.