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Authors
Ekalu, George Stephen
Ssentongo, Saadick Mugerwa
Okello, Samuel
Lubogo, Patrick
Namirembe, Patricia
Oryokot, Bonniface
Opito, Ronald https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-6851
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (nihr24116)
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (nihr24116)
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Article History
Received: 3 September 2025
Accepted: 22 November 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was done following the ethical standards in the declaration of Helsinki. The study received ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH-2025-061). Administrative clearance was sought from the Soroti City Health Office and the different health facility in-charges. Research ethical considerations were always observed during the data collection process, which included but was not limited to: Justice, Respect, Beneficence, non-maleficence, obtaining informed consent, and observation of privacy to both the participants and their information by interviewing them individually in private rooms with different unique identifiers assigned to different questionnaires to keep participants anonymous.
: Consent for publication was obtained from all study participants during the process of obtaining informed consent to participate in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
