Islam, Muhammed Nazmul http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-6086
Engels, Thomas
Hossain, Shafayet
Sarker, Malabika http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7293-8805
Rabbani, Atonu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-4106
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sightsavers International (Will be informed later)
Article History
First Online: 7 May 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The study was financially supported by Sightsavers International (GB) (Will be informed upon request), and Standard Chartered Bank’s “Seeing is Believing” program. Authors are responsible for all the findings and conclusions. It does not necessarily represent the views of Sightsavers and Standard Chartered Bank.
: The ethical review committee of James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) at BRAC University, Bangladesh approved the study protocol. Administrative authorization to do the survey in selected hospital premises was obtained from hospital management before the start of data collection activities. Informed verbal consents were also obtained from the participants of this study. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of JPGSPH, BRAC University and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Muhammed Nazmul Islam, Thomas Engels, Shafayet Hossain, Malabika Sarker, and Atonu Rabbani have no conflict of interest to declare.