Sinha, Bireshwar
Biswas, Ratna
Dhabhai, Neeta
Nangia, Sushma
Goyal, Nidhi
Yadav, Reena
More, Deepak
Banerjee, Debashmita
Farooqui, Sidra
Puri, Manju
Natchu, Uma Chandra Mouli
Dang, Arjun
Chatterjee, Leena
Rongsen-Chandola, Temsunaro
,
Nagar, Jeet Singh
Sharma, Manisha
Gupta, Manisha
Singaria, Pranav
Gautam, Deepak
Kumar, Tivendra
Aggarwal, Kiran
Anand, Pratima
Dang, Manavi
Vidyarthi, Ashima Jain
Jawed, Binish
Sharma, Ritu
Venketeshwar,
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research
Article History
Received: 11 November 2025
Accepted: 18 April 2026
First Online: 25 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study is approved by the Institutional Ethics Committees of Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, and Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi. All screen-eligible pregnant women will be administered written informed consent in the local language (Hindi language) by trained scientists and nurses under the supervision of study investigators for study participation and enrollment.
: All authors contributed to the preparation and finalization of the manuscript, and all authors read and approved the final manuscript. A model consent form may be provided on request.
: The authors declare no competing interests.