Sriram, Veena
Bennett, Sara
Raman, V. R.
Sheikh, Kabir
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
National Institutes of Health (T32 HS000087)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2017
Accepted: 10 January 2018
First Online: 20 February 2018
Authors' information
: RVR was former Principal Fellow at the Public Health Foundation of India. KS was formerly Joint Director, Research and Policy at the Public Health Foundation of India.
: This study was considered non-human subjects research, and therefore exempt from ethical approval, by the JHSPH Institutional Review Board (IRB No: 00006470). The study underwent expedited review by the PHFI Institutional Ethics Committee, and was approved (TRC-IEC-262/15). Verbal informed consent was sought from all IDI informants participating in the study.
: Not applicable.
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