Gunasekara, T. D. K. S. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-6164
De Silva, P. Mangala C. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1927-6512
Chandana, E. P. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8113-7735
Jayasinghe, Sudheera http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-9908
Herath, Chula http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-4866
Siribaddana, Sisira http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-2557
Jayasundara, Nishad http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2485-6893
Funding for this research was provided by:
AHEAD Operations, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka (AHEAD DOR 02/40.)
Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
Article History
Received: 31 March 2023
Revised: 20 June 2023
Accepted: 20 June 2023
First Online: 15 July 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (reference no: 2020.P.124; Date: 29.01.2021).
: The authors declare no competing interests.