Challenges and opportunities in hydroxyurea access and adherence for sickle cell disease patients at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital: Insights from healthcare providers

• Josephine Mensah ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: jomensah@ugmc.ug.edu.gh

  Affiliations Pharmacy Directorate, University of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Pharmacy Practice, FPPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3618-4860

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• Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, FPPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, FPPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Paul Obeng,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Amos Amoako-Adusei,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Karl Osei Afoduo,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Research Centre, University of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Bright Ansah Adjei,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Research Centre, University of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0484-8561

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• Pauline Boachie Ansah,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, FPPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-1854

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• Kwame Ohene Buabeng

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, FPPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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