Sabri, Bushra
Wirtz, Andrea L.
Ssekasanvu, Joseph
Nonyane, Bareng A. S.
Nalugoda, Fred
Kagaayi, Joseph
Ssekubugu, Robert
Wagman, Jennifer A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K99HD082350 and R00HD082350)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (22006.02)
National Institutes of Health (U1AI51171)
Fogarty International Center (5D43TW001508 and 2D43TW000010-19-AITRP)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2018
Accepted: 29 April 2019
First Online: 17 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by Ugandan and US Institutional Review Boards (The Uganda Virus Research Institute’s Research and Ethics Committee, the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, and the Western IRB). All participants provided written consent. Minors are individuals under the age of 18 years. Unemancipated minors provided written assent and their parent or guardian provided written consent. Minors are emancipated in Uganda if they are (1) head of household; (2) a parent (i.e., they have their own children). Emancipated minors can provide their own written consent. They do not need a parent or guardian to consent for them. The Institutional Reviews Boards in Uganda and US approved the consent procedures for emancipated minors (i.e., emancipated minors can provide consent themselves).
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