Kiyingi, Joshua
Witte, Susan S.
Nabunya, Proscovia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9088-5839
Nsubuga, Edward
Namatovu, Phionah
Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Larissa
Sensoy Bahar, Ozge
Bellamy, Scarlett L.
Ssewamala, Fred M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH116768)
Article History
Accepted: 17 October 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The study protocol received approval from institutional review boards in both Uganda and the United States of America. In Uganda, approvals were granted by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) under reference number GC/127/18/10/690 and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) under reference number UNCST –SS4828. In the United States, approvals were obtained from the Columbia University Institutional Review Board under reference number AAAR9804 and the Washington University in St. Louis Institutional Review Board under reference number #201811106.