Zhu, Anqi
Yoon, Sungwon
Almas, Aysha
Naheed, Aliya
de Silva, H. Asita
de Silva, Chamini Kanatiwela
Athauda, Lathika
Chakma, Nantu
Khan, Muhammad Shahid
Farzana, Noshin
Jafar, Tazeen H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI_PGA_FY2022-03)
Article History
Received: 15 October 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the ethics review committees or institutional review boards at each participating institution and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. The ethics review committees or institutional review boards at each participating institution approved the study: the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (icddr, b) (#PR-23109), the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan (2023-8837-25925), the University of Kelaniya (UoK) in Sri Lanka (P/43/06/2023), and the National University of Singapore in Singapore (NUS-IRB-2023-456). All participants provided written informed consents to participate and were informed of their right to withdraw at any stage without penalty. Confidentiality was maintained through transcript anonymization and secure data storage.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.