Harhay, Michael O.
Fawzi, Mary C. Smith
Jeanneret, Sacha
Ndayisaba, Damascène
Kibaalya, William
Harrison, Emily A.
Small, Dylan S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Agency for International Development (GHO-A-00-09-00011-00)
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (M-OAA-GH-HRS-06-937)
Article History
Received: 17 February 2016
Revised: 3 October 2016
Accepted: 11 October 2016
First Online: 28 October 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SJ, DN and WK are paid employees of FXB. These authors did not have a direct role in the evaluation design, methods or reporting of the results, but were responsible for the collection of the data, providing a local relevance and interpretation of the results and in drafting the introduction and discussion and other important intellectual contributions to the manuscript. DSS was paid by FXB a consulting fee for conducting an evaluation of FXB’s program. Having received funding from FXB, the consultancy could reasonably be perceived as a financial competing interest. MOH, MCSF and EAA declare that he/she has no conflict of interest.
: The FXBVillage program is partially funded through a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement Number GHO-A-00-09-00011-00 and United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Grant Number M-OAA-GH-HRS-06-937. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the USAID or PEPFAR.
: 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.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.