Boo, Yebeen Ysabelle
Deka, Rupanjali
Christou, Aliki
Gwacham-Anisiobi, Uchenna
Gong, Jenny
Lakhanpaul, Monica
Kurinczuk, Jennifer J.
Nair, Manisha
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kellogg College Award, University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Population Health Scholarship, University of Oxford
Clarendon Fund, University of Oxford
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (1294322N)
NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre
Medical Research Council (MR/W029294/1)
Article History
Received: 19 March 2025
Accepted: 4 July 2025
First Online: 6 August 2025
Declarations
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: Clinical trial number: not applicable. This study has received ethics approval from a subcommittee of the University of Oxford Tropical Research Ethics Committee (OxTREC) (reference number: 539 − 23). Considering that this was a DPhil research, an ethics approval waiver was granted from local participating institutions: Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati, Assam; Nazareth Hospital, Shillong, Meghalaya; Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh; and Sewa Bhawan Hospital Society, Chhattisgarh. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants using the consent form prior to the focus group discussions.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.