El Ayadi, Alison http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-4887
Nalubwama, Hadija
Barageine, Justus
Neilands, Torsten B.
Obore, Susan
Byamugisha, Josaphat
Kakaire, Othman
Mwanje, Haruna
Korn, Abner
Lester, Felicia
Miller, Suellen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (5R21HD075008, 1K99HD086232)
FistulaCarePlus Project, United States Agency for International Development
Fistula Foundation
Article History
Received: 22 April 2017
Accepted: 23 August 2017
First Online: 2 September 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Makerere University School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (Ref# 2014–052) and the University of California, San Francisco Human Research Protection Program, Committee on Human Research (IRB# 12–09573). All individuals eligible for the research underwent an informed consent process; those individuals unable to provide signature for informed consent provided thumbprint confirmation.
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