Ramberg, Owen
Acker, Peter
Gu, Bo
Weng, Isabel Yingjie
Pritchard, Angelica
Smith, Marisa
Batchelor, Timothy
Lanter, Patrick
Selvaratnam, Navodya
Dharmaratne, Samath
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health
Article History
Received: 6 March 2026
Accepted: 11 August 2026
First Online: 25 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Stanford University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board (IRB #71107) and the Research & Ethical Review Committee of the National Hospital, Kandy (NHK/ERC/108/2023). Written informed consent was obtained from all adult participants prior to enrollment. For participants under 18 years of age, written informed consent was obtained from a parent or legal guardian. No waivers of consent were granted by either ethics committee.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.