Boniphace, Maendeleo
Matovelo, Dismas
Laisser, Rose
Yohani, Victoria
Swai, Hadija
Subi, Leonard
Masatu, Zabroni
Tinka, Sylvia
Mercader, Hannah Faye G.
Brenner, Jennifer L.
Mitchell, Jennifer L.
Article History
Received: 2 March 2021
Accepted: 24 December 2021
First Online: 17 January 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance for this study was given by the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences Research & Ethical Committee (CREC/201/2017), National Institute for Medical Research Lake Zone Institutional Review Board (MR/53/100/493), Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Ethics Committee (MUREC #04/06-17), Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (SS #4386), and the University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (REB17-1741). Prior to data collection in the field, we obtained permission from the District Medical Officer in Misungwi and respective village leaders. The respondent signed informed consent forms and confidentiality of their information was observed during the research study. To ensure confidentiality, respondents were given numbers and asked to mention it instead of names during the interview and all information collected were kept confidential in the research unit. All methods in the study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations as stated above.
: Not applicable
: All authors in this study do declare that we do not have any competing interest.