About the Authors

Vivian Paintsil

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

vivpee@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Evans Xorse Amuzu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Eunice Ahmed

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Directorate of Laboratory Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Yaa Gyamfua Oppong-Mensah

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Lesley Osei

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Directorate of Transfusion Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Bernice Eklu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Suraj Yawnumah Abubakar

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Lawrence Osei-Tutu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Daniel Ansong

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Alex Osei-Akoto

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Sickle Cell Unit, Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Fred Stephen Sarfo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Directorate of Internal Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.