Nafees, Asaad Ahmed
Khan, Adeel Ahmed
Rabbani, Unaib
Zahidie, Aysha
Haq, Rooman Ul
Irfan, Muhammad
Amaral, Andre
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chiesi, Pakistan (000)
Aga Khan University, Seed Money Grant (PF20/0512)
Wellcome Trust (085790/Z/08/Z)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2025
Accepted: 14 July 2025
First Online: 18 July 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was acquired from the Ethical Review Committee of the Aga Khan University, Karachi (ERC# 2949-CHS-ERC-1). The study was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent was taken from the study participants before the conduct of the interview and confidentiality of data was strictly maintained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.