Ronald, Kamoga http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-9381
Gladys, Nakidde
Mugagga, Kintu
Muwanga, Grace
Ihunwo, Amadi O.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Makerere-Sweden Research Cooperation (project No.DRGT 377)
Article History
Received: 16 June 2020
Accepted: 2 December 2020
First Online: 2 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: Informed consent was waived because researchers only accessed unclaimed bodies that had no identified living relative(s) or legal representatives. Administrative permission was received from the Uganda police authorities, the custodians of all unclaimed bodies, before data collection.
: Approval of this study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Ref.No. MUREC1/7) and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (Ref. No. HS2223). The procedures used in this study adhered to the tenets of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.