Monje, Fred
Ario, Alex Riolexus
Musewa, Angella
Bainomugisha, Kenneth
Mirembe, Bernadette Basuta
Aliddeki, Dativa Maria
Eurien, Daniel
Nsereko, Godfrey
Nanziri, Carol
Kisaakye, Esther
Ntono, Vivian
Kwesiga, Benon
Kadobera, Daniel
Bulage, Lilian
Bwire, Godfrey
Tusiime, Patrick
Harris, Julie
Zhu, Bao-Ping
Funding for this research was provided by:
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Cooperative Agreement number GH001353–01)
Article History
Received: 17 June 2020
Accepted: 30 September 2020
First Online: 4 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The investigation was authorized by Ministry of Health, Hoima District Local Government, and the Commandant of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement. This investigation was conducted in response to a public health emergency and was therefore determined by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be non-research. Thus, we do not need any other permission from Institutional Review Board according to the Ugandan policies and guidelines and are free to publish the work. Verbal informed consent in the local language was sought from respondents or care-takers of case-patients. They were informed that their participation was voluntary and their refusal would not result in adverse consequences. All case-patients identified in the community were referred for free treatment at the cholera treatment centers. To ensure confidentiality of the respondents, each case-patient, case-household, and control household was assigned a unique identifier which was used instead of their names during data analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.