Psychometric assessment of HIV stigma in patients attending a tertiary facility: An initial validation of the Berger HIV stigma scale in a Ghanaian perspective

• Nicholas Ekow Thomford ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nthomford@ucc.edu.gh

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Pharmacogenomics and Genomic Medicine Group, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-5817

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• Fiifi Ndom Dampson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Pharmacogenomics and Genomic Medicine Group, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• George Adjei,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Sebastian Eliason,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Martins Ekor,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• George Boateng Kyei

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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