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Article History

Received: 20 October 2022

Accepted: 3 April 2023

First Online: 14 June 2023

Declarations

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: This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the University College London Research Ethics Committee (UCL-REC) approval number 19867/001 and the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) and ALERT hospital AHRI/ALERT Ethics Review Committee (AAERC) approval (Protocol number PO-(46/14). Informed consent was obtained from participants involved in this study who were briefed in the presence of a witness (local experts) that their participation in this study was voluntary and that confidentiality would be maintained at all times. We confirm that none of the subjects who participated in this study was under the age of eighteen or was a vulnerable individual. The collected data were kept anonymous, confidential and in accordance with international and national ethical guidelines.

: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in this study for the use of images taken during the study from study participants, who were briefed in the presence of a witness (local experts) that their participation in the study was voluntary, that confidentiality would be maintained at all times and that the images will be destroyed should they chose to withdraw their consent within a reasonable time after the study period.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.