Medvedev, Melissa M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-8452
Tumukunde, Victor
Mambule, Ivan
Tann, Cally J.
Waiswa, Peter
Canter, Ruth R.
Hansen, Christian H.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth
Katumba, Kenneth
Pitt, Catherine
Greco, Giulia
Brotherton, Helen
Elbourne, Diana
Seeley, Janet
Nyirenda, Moffat
Allen, Elizabeth
Lawn, Joy E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MR/S004971/1)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K23HD092611)
Article History
Received: 13 November 2019
Accepted: 30 December 2019
First Online: 31 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committees of LSHTM (Additional file InternalRef removed, reference: 16972), UVRI (Additional file InternalRef removed, reference: GC/127/19/06/717) and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (Additional file InternalRef removed, reference: HS 2645). Any substantial changes to the trial protocol which may impact on the conduct of the study or participant safety, will be submitted to the ethics committees and, following approval, subsequently notified to the Sponsor, TSC, DSMB and trial registry. Informed consent will be obtained from all participants. Procedures for obtaining informed consent are described in the main manuscript.
: Written consent for obtaining and publishing the photograph (Fig. InternalRef removeda) was obtained from the caregiver.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.