Manalai, Partamin
Ansari, Nasratullah
Tappis, Hannah
Kim, Young Mi
Stekelenburg, Jelle
van Roosmalen, Jos
Currie, Sheena
Article History
Received: 9 May 2023
Accepted: 28 December 2023
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional review boards (IRB) of the Afghanistan MoPH (IRB 43984) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (IRB 8117).All methods were carried out in accordance with institutional guidelines and regulations of Afghanistan and JHBSPH IRBs. Verbal consents were taken from the FGD participants with the clarification that any member of the group could leave the discussion at any stage. Taking verbal consent form the participants for the FGDs was approved by both Afghanistan and JHBSPH IRBs. Written informed consents were taken from the key informants. De-identified transcripts were stored on a password protected computer server, accessible only to co-investigators.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.