Kituuka, Olivia
Mwaka, Erisa
Munabi, Ian
Galukande, Moses
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (D43TW010892)
Article History
Received: 19 January 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 2 August 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval to conduct the study was obtained from the institutional research ethics committees of Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Nsambya hospital and the Uganda National Council of Science of Technology. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants Patients who were unable to understand the informed consent because they were incapacitated had consent to participate in the study obtained from their next of kin. All study methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines of conducting research among human participants and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no conflict of interest or any other competing interests in conducting this research.