“Heartbreak and Frustration’’ experiences of healthcare providers caring for pregnant women with sickle cell disease in Uganda

• Jackline Akello ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: akellojack@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5760-9031

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• Annettee Nakimuli,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-0243

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• Grace Ndeezi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Musa Sekikubo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ian Munabi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ruth Namazzi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Deogratias Munube,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1312-6804

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• David Mukunya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

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• Francis Pebalo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

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• Kenneth Mugabe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda

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• Savio Mwaka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7600-7722

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• Sarah Kiguli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Joseph Rujumba

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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