Jannat, Zerin
Ali, Md. Wazed
Alam, Nurul
Uddin, Md. Jasim
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea International Cooperation Agency
Article History
Received: 5 February 2023
Accepted: 14 September 2023
First Online: 27 September 2023
Declarations
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: The Research Review Committee (RRC) and Ethical Review Committee (ERC) of Institutional Review Board (IRB) of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) approved this study prior to implementation. All participants were protected when invited to take part in the study. Respondents were interviewed after obtaining their written informed consent. For underaged or illiterate respondents, written informed consent was taken from their adult guardians, i.e. parents or husbands of the respondents aged 18 years and above before conducting interviews. Efforts were made to ensure that all respondents had been properly informed about the study and thoroughly understand what their participation in the study involved. Participation was voluntary and the participants were ensured that their refusal would have no adverse consequences for them.The authors confirm that all the steps conducted for our research study, which involves human subjects, were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations (such as the Declaration of Helsinki).
: The manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form. As stated previously, all the respondents provided written informed consent before participating in the study and a consent form approved by IRB of icddr,b was used for every respondent. We will share the consent form if necessary.
: The authors declare no competing interests.