About the Authors

Philip Baba Adongo

Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

philgh2001@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Emmanuel Asampong

Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Joana Ansong

Affiliation World Health Organization Country Office for Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Magda Robalo

Affiliation World Health Organization Country Office for Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Richard M. Adanu

Affiliation Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR JA PBA PT-NT EA RMA. Performed the experiments: PBA PT-NT EA JA. Analyzed the data: PBA PT-NT EA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PBA PT-NT EA JA MR RMA. Wrote the paper: PBA PT-NT EA JA MR RMA.