Todowede, Olamide
Afaq, Saima
Adhikary, Anoshmita
Kanan, Sushama
Shree, Vidhya
Jennings, Hannah Maria
Faisal, Mehreen Riaz
Nisar, Zara
Khan, Ikram
Desai, Geetha
Huque, Rumana
Siddiqi, Najma
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR (17/63/130))
Article History
Received: 8 December 2022
Accepted: 3 July 2023
First Online: 31 July 2023
Declarations
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: This study was performed according to the 1964 ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration. Ethical Approval was obtained from all countries: (1) Bangladesh-Institute of Health Economics, the University of Dhaka approved by Federal-wide Assurance (FWA) (Reference No. FWA00026031), (2) India-National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India (Reference No. NIMHANS/28TH IEC (BEH.SC.DIV.)/2021), (3) Pakistan-Ethics Committee, Khyber Medical University (Reference No. Dir/KMU-EB/IPHSS/MM-001) and Institutional Research Forum, Rawalpindi Medical University (Reference No. 239/IREF\RMU\2020), and (4) United Kingdom-Department of Health Sciences, University of York (Reference No. HSRGC/2020/418/D). All participants were given a study description, and written informed consent was obtained.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.