Shivalli, Siddharudha http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1454-7114
Fazzio, Ila
Frost, Chris
Elbourne, Diana
Magill, Nicholas
Sharma, Dropti
Shekhawat, Sajjan Singh
Banerji, Rukmini
Karnati, Sridevi
Reddy, Harshavardhan
Reddy, Padmanabh
Nair, Rakhi
Gopal, Madan
Boone, Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Effectove Intervention
Article History
Received: 30 March 2024
Accepted: 9 June 2024
First Online: 8 July 2024
Declarations
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: Ethics committees of L V PRASAD Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India (LEC 02–16-008) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM Ethics Ref: 10482) have approved the amendments to trial protocol. We have obtained the necessary approvals from Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, and Government of Madhya Pradesh to amend the trial protocol.After modifying the trial interventions and data collection procedures to reduce COVID-19 transmission risk, we obtained consent from participating household heads, men, and women to gather information through telephone.
: PB is the Executive Chair of EI; IF is a paid employee of EI but has no competing interests. DE and CF received research grants funding from EI but have no competing interests. SiS and NM are employed on these research grants but have no competing interests. SK and HR receive research funding from EI but have no competing interests. PR, RN, and MG declare a potential competing interest due to the involvement of the NICE Foundation (an independent organisation) which is involved in programmes intervening with women and children in rural and urban Telangana (previously Andhra Pradesh) and Rajasthan. RB, AA, DS, and SS declare a potential competing interest due to the involvement of Pratham Education Foundation (an independent organisation) which currently works to improve the quality of education in India.