Ashaba, Scholastic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5822-2488
Favina, Alain
Baguma, Charles
Tushemereirwe, Patricia
Nansera, Denis
Comfort, Alison
Perkins, Jessica M.
Samuel, Maling
Zanoni, Brian C.
Tsai, Alexander C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (P30AI060354, K24DA061696)
Fogarty International Center (K43TW011929)
Article History
Accepted: 24 May 2025
First Online: 3 June 2025
Declarations
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: ACT reports receiving a financial honorarium from Elsevier for his work as Co-Editor in Chief of the Elsevier-owned journal SSM – Mental Health. BCZ is a consultant for Accordant Health. The rest of the co-authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (#20/08–19) and the Partners Human Research Committee (#2019P003451). The study also received clearance from the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (#HS512ES).
: All Participants provided written informed assent and /or consent to participate in the study.
: Participants consented to having their data published.