Rukundo, Godfrey Zari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3739-1426
Mpango, Richard Stephen
Ssembajjwe, Wilber
Gadow, Kenneth D.
Patel, Vikram
Kinyanda, Eugene
Funding for this research was provided by:
MRC/DfID (MR/L004623/1)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2019
Accepted: 13 October 2020
First Online: 24 October 2020
Ethical approval and consent to participate
: The study obtained ethical approvals from the Uganda Virus Research Institute’s Research and Ethics Committee (Ref: GC/127/14/04/459), the Ethics Committee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (Research Registration number: HS 1601). Consent to participate in this study was obtained from caregivers and assent from children and adolescents. Participants voluntarily provided consent (caregivers)/assent (CA-HIV). Participants found to have a psychiatric disorder were provided with psycho-education and referred to their local mental health departments.
: Consent forms used during this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.