Article History
Received: 22 January 2018
Accepted: 4 January 2019
First Online: 14 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Makerere University School of Public Health Higher Degrees Research and Ethics Committee and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (SS 2729). Permission was granted by the management of Iganga and Bugiri hospitals and consent was received from all participants. For patients below 18 years, the guardian/caretaker was the respondent. Consent was sought from patients who were briefed about the study purpose, including the benefits and risks. They were told that they could withdraw any time and their withdrawal would not affect the health care they were receiving. Confidentiality was observed and data was only accessible to the research team.
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