Laghari, Madeeha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-9233
Sulaiman, Syed Azhar Syed
Khan, Amer Hayat
Talpur, Bandeh Ali
Bhatti, Zohra
Memon, Naheed
Article History
Received: 3 June 2019
Accepted: 5 September 2019
First Online: 18 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were issued by the relevant Institutional Research and Ethics Boards (IREBs) of Shah Bhitae Hospital Latifabad, Hyderabad Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / Jamshoro, Sindh Government Hospital Qasimabad, Hyderabad, Sayed Baqadar Shah Civil Hospital Matiari and Institute of chest diseases Kotri Sindh, Pakistan, (Vide Letter No: SBGH/L.ABAD HYD-1575; Dated: 13–04-17, LUH/Estt/− 23176/14; Dated: 06-08-2016, MS-SGHQ/HYD/2187: Dated:13–04-17, CS/CH/MAT:1761; Dated:18–05-16 and ICDK/771; Dated: 12–04-17, respectively). As majority of caregivers were illiterate, written consent was not possible. Therefore, oral informed consent was acquired from every caregiver of children upon enlistment which was later approved by IREBs of all hospitals.
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: The authors declare there are no competing interests.