Naal, Hady
Dakdouki, Asmaa El
Chamseddine, Zahraa
Govender, Veloshnee
Bosqui, Tania
AbouHaidar, Gladys Honein
Tamim, Hani
Fouad, Fouad
Say, Lale
Saleh, Shadi
Funding for this research was provided by:
ELRHA
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 9 August 2026
First Online: 19 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the American University of Beirut and by the Ethics Review Committee at the World Health Organization. All participants provided informed written consent prior to participation. For participants under 18, they parents or guardians were required to sign a consent form on their behalf.
<b>Consent for publication</b>: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests
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