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Article History

Received: 29 November 2022

Accepted: 20 February 2023

First Online: 15 March 2023

Declarations

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: We sought permission from the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka to collect data in the government health facilities. The institutional review board of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (study ID-1429/20) on 01/10/2020 and the ethics committee of the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (study ID- IEC-ER/04/2020) on 16/10/2020 approved this study. We sought informed consent from all participants. The informed consent provided information regarding the researchers, institutions involved, purpose of the study, risks and benefits involved and research dissemination and archiving plan.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.