Perspectives on linkage to care for patients diagnosed with HIV: A qualitative study at a rural health center in South Western Uganda

• Mark Opio,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Florence Akello,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Doreen Kagina Twongyeirwe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• David Opio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Juliet Aceng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

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• Jane Kasozi Namagga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1745-604X

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• Jerome Kahuma Kabakyenga

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jkabakyenga@must.ac.ug

  Affiliation Maternal Newborn and Child Health Institute, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1912-1032

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