Devries, Karen
Parkes, Jenny
Knight, Louise
Allen, Elizabeth
Namy, Sophie
Datzberger, Simone
Nalukenge, Winifred
Atuhaire, Lydia
Kyegombe, Nambusi
Walakira, Eddy
Seeley, Janet
Weiss, Helen A.
Naker, Dipak
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MR/PHGHZM29)
Article History
Received: 16 August 2019
Accepted: 20 September 2019
First Online: 13 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The CoVAC study has been approved by the LSHTM (6183 and 14768), University of London (UCL) - Institute of Education (IoE) Research Ethics Committee (1091), Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and (UNCST) Ethics committees (SS2520 and SS4722). All adults participants and emancipated minors complete voluntary informed written consent procedure prior to involvement in the study. For adolescents under 18 years old, who are not emancipated minors, caregivers are provided with information about the study and can verbally opt their children out of participation and, if caregiver has not opted out the adolescent, the adolescent provides voluntary informed written assent prior to involvement in the study. Consent procedures have been approved by all Ethics Committees. Ugandan ethics approval covers all participating sites, including, Luwero, Kampala and other districts where adolescents may have moved to.
: Not applicable.
: Dipak Naker (Raising Voices) developed the Good School Toolkit. Sophie Namy was previously employed by Raising Voices. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.