Funding for this research was provided by:
Nestlé Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World, Lausanne, Switzerland funded the study
Article History
Received: 1 October 2018
Accepted: 20 August 2020
First Online: 31 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all procedures involving human participants were approved by the Office of Research Ethics of the University of Waterloo (ORE # 20708), The AIDS Support Organization Research Ethics Committee (TASO-REC) [TASOREC04/16-UG-REC-009] and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) [number SS4013]. Written support was also given by Ministry of Health for Uganda, Ministry of Education for Uganda, and authorities of Jinja district, Budondo sub-county and the local community. Written, informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study does not contain any personal data of the participants and so there was no need of obtaining consent for publication.
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