Karimli, Leyla http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7255-7540
Nabayinda, Josephine
Nartey, Portia B.
Ssewamala, Fred M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4849-5650
Article History
Accepted: 17 September 2024
First Online: 2 October 2024
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol was approved by Columbia University Institutional Review Board (AAAI1950) and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (SS2586). The study protocol is registered at Clinicaltrial.gov (ID# NCT01447615).
: Informed consent and assent were obtained from all individual participants included in the study.