Updates are available Correction dated 2024-07-09

Article History

Received: 4 April 2023

Accepted: 15 August 2023

First Online: 1 September 2023

Change Date: 9 July 2024

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:

Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02195-3

Declarations

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: The State Operational Research Committee of the National TB Elimination Programme - Kerala approved the study. The Institutional Ethics Committee of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, reviewed and cleared the protocol and tools. (IEC/1816 dated on 02-03-2022). Initial verbal consent was obtained by a programme staff and participants were informed of benefits, risks, and freedom to refuse to participate or withdraw with non-effect on any benefits or services they were receiving.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.