Kakal, Tasneem
Nalwadda, Christine
van Reeuwijk, Miranda
van Veen, Maaike
Kusters, Lincie
Chatterjee, Ophelia
Owekmeno, Charles
Kok, Maryse
Article History
Received: 17 September 2021
Accepted: 25 July 2022
First Online: 23 August 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) Research Ethics in Kampala, Uganda (TASOREC/01/17-UG-REC-009) and by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (SS 4221 and SS 5269) at baseline and end-line. The study was carried out in accordance with ethical guidelines of KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Makerere University. Informed written consent was given by the study participants. Consent was given by parents or caregivers for participants under the age of 18 in accordance with the above ethical guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: Two co-authors MvV and MvR are employed by Rutgers WPF, which is lead implementer of the GUSO programme and one co-author CO is representing the SRHR Alliance in Uganda. These co-authors did not have any role in data collection and analysis, however, they provided input into the conceptualization of the study and they reviewed this article. We feel that this does not constitute a substantive conflict. There are no competing interests for TK, MK, CN, OC and LK.