Basher, Ahamed Khairul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5994-2639
Biswas, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer
Rahman, Aninda
Rahman, Mahmudur
Chowdhury, Fahmida
Hassan, Md. Zakiul
Funding for this research was provided by:
Task Force for Global Health (GR-2312)
Article History
Received: 24 August 2024
Accepted: 20 November 2024
First Online: 3 December 2024
Declarations
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: The institutional review board (IRB) of icddr,b reviewed and approved the study protocol (PR-22113). The Institutional Review Board at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA, USA) relied on icddr,b's approval. We obtained written informed consent from all study participants. The study team provided detailed oral and written information in the local language (Bangla) on research aims, objectives, risks and benefits of participation, maintaining confidentiality, the right not to participate and/or withdraw conflicts of interest, and compensation. After being reminded that their participation is entirely voluntary and that any information they provide will be kept strictly confidential, participants were asked to sign the consent form.
: Not applicable.
: All the authors report no conflicts of interest.