Okethwangu, Denis http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8421-6359
Birungi, Doreen
Biribawa, Claire
Kwesiga, Benon
Turyahabwe, Stavia
Ario, Alex R.
Zhu, Bao-Ping
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (GH001353–01)
Article History
Received: 10 December 2018
Accepted: 24 April 2019
First Online: 7 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance for the investigation was obtained from the Uganda Ministry of Health and from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where the evaluation was deemed non-research. Permission was also obtained from the Arua District Health Office; ARRH granted permission to access their data. Health facility administrators gave us permission before any assessments of their facilities were conducted. Before analysis, we removed all identifying data and assigned a study identification number to ensure anonymity.
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