Tumwine, Conrad
Dhikusooka, Flavia
Kiggundu, Reuben
Musaazi, Joseph
Galiwango, Ronald
Nuwamanya, Elly
Hope, Mackline
Andema, Alex
Onyachi, Nathan
Odur, Andrew
Obbo, Stephen
Mukobi, Peter
Twesigye, Deus
Oriokot, Francis
Elima, James
Yayi, Alfred
Watmon, Ben
Nyeko, Filbert J.
Olaro, Charles
Byonanebye, Dathan M.
Kakooza, Francis
Kambugu, Andrew
Mayito, Jonathan
Article History
Received: 21 June 2025
Accepted: 2 June 2026
First Online: 8 June 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval: This study was approved by the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Research Ethics Committee (IDI-REC-2023–67), which also granted a waiver of participant consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was also approved by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST - HS3690ES). No participants’ identification information was used to disseminate or publish the study results.
Informed consent: Data collected during this study was retrospective and didn’t include any participant identifiers as such, the study was provided with a waiver of consent by the research ethics committee.
Consent for publication: Not applicable
Competing interest: The authors declare no competing interests.