Ali, Sam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5459-2804
Kabajaasi, Olive https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-0066
Kawooya, Michael G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4017-2910
Byamugisha, Josaphat https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3438-9662
Zakus, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-2127
Papageorghiou, Aris T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-2232
Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5462-9889
Rijken, Marcus J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0914-5508
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grand Challenges Canada (R-ST-POC-1808-17038)
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht (FM/ADB/D- 18-015006)
Article History
Received: 11 March 2021
Accepted: 26 August 2021
First Online: 7 October 2021
Declarations
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: This study obtained ethical clearance from Makerere University School of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee (SOMREC): approval number #REC REF 2018-090; and from the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST): approval number HS 2459. Further, we obtained permission to operate the EPID study in Kagadi territory from the district and hospital authorities. All participants provided written informed consent to participate in this study. The illiterate participants provided a thumbprint and their interviews were conducted in the local language.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.