Mutumba, Massy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0636-891X
Brathwaite, Rachel
Nabunya, Proscovia
Namuwonge, Flavia
Ssewamala, Fred M.
Article History
Accepted: 29 April 2024
First Online: 22 May 2024
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Study participation was voluntary. All caregivers provided written consent for their children to participate in the study. Similarly, all adolescent girls provided written assent to participate. We obtained children’s permission to participate in the study separately from their caregivers to avoid coercion. The study received Institutional Review Board approval from Washington University in St. Louis (IRB- #201703102), the Uganda Virus Research Institute (GC/127/17/07/619), and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (SS4406). The study is registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov database (NCT03307226).