Jayasinghe, Imasha Upulini http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-0998
Koralegedara, Iresha Sandamali http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-8554
Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-1774
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Bank Group (DOR STEM HEMS [6026-LK/8743-LK])
Article History
Received: 23 September 2021
Accepted: 19 November 2021
First Online: 1 January 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (ERC/2019/07).
: Informed written consent was obtained from all the participants at the beginning of the cohort study for their participation in the study and also for publication and dissemination of the study findings.