Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi
Chadwick, Joshua
Krupa, N C
Prabakaran, Nandhini
Madhavan, Vinoth
Razik CA, Mohammed
Vaman, Raman Swathy
Muthappan, Sendhilkumar
Mohd, Gulam
Devika, Shanmugasundaram
Raju, Mohan Kumar
Palani, Sampath
Masilamani, Senthilkumar
Rathinasamy, Avudaiselvi
Chandrasegaran, Sugumari
Thangavel, Sundararajan
Santhose, Bharathi
Kannan, Girija
Potdar, Varsha
Bhardwaj, Sumit Dutt
Vijay, Neetu
Gupta, Nivedita
Sivaprakasam, Selvavinayagam Thirumalaicheri
Murhekar, Manoj
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (R.15013/10/2021-HR-VRDL)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2025
Accepted: 2 June 2025
First Online: 21 June 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted following local legislation and institutional requirements. The Institutional Human Ethics Committee (IHEC) approved the study protocol (ID: NIE/IHEC/202110-01). The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DPH&PM) granted the necessary permissions to conduct the facility surveys and interviews. Informed written consent was obtained from all study participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.