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Authors
Mpimbaza, Arthur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9524-526X
Walemwa, Richard
Kapisi, James
Sserwanga, Asadu
Namuganga, Jane Frances
Kisambira, Yasin
Tagoola, Abner
Nanteza, Jane Frances
Rutazaana, Damain
Staedke, Sarah G.
Dorsey, Grant
Opigo, Jimmy
Kamau, Alice
Snow, Robert W.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (5NU2GGH001744-02-00)
DELTAS Africa Initiative (DEL-15-003)
Wellcome Trust (107769, 203077)
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Article History
Received: 3 April 2020
Accepted: 1 July 2020
First Online: 13 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The surveillance included the collection of routine hospital data approved as public health surveillance/non-research by CDC (NCEZID #031416), and approved by the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Uganda. All data were anonymised without patients or guardian’s names prior to analysis. The school survey was approved by the Vector Control Division Research and Ethics Committee (VCDREC/117) and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (SS5115). Written informed consent was obtained from each child’s parent/guardian before any study-specific procedures were done, and consent documents were available in the local language. For children aged 8 years and above assent was sought in addition to the consent of the child’s parent/guardian.
: “Not applicable” in this section.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
