Joarder, Taufique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-2628
Tune, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0308-2817
Islam, ASMD Ashraful https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1597-4847
Islam, Arifa
Roy, Arunangshu Dutta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6781-6325
McCollum, Eric D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1872-5566
Nair, Harish https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-9100
Cunningham, Steven https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-251X
McLane, Ian Mitra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1777-8105
Shahidullah, Mohammod https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-4964
Baqui, Abdullah H. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-1983
Ahmed, Salahuddin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-0638
Article History
Received: 10 February 2023
Accepted: 22 June 2023
First Online: 13 July 2023
Declarations
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: The ethical approval for the study was obtained from the National Research Ethics Committee of Bangladesh Medical Research Council, Bangladesh (Registration number: 09630012018) and Academic and Clinical Central Office for Research and Development Medical Research Ethics Committee, Edinburgh, UK (REC Reference: 18-HV-051). A Research Associate (RA) obtained written informed consent, which included permission for the audio recording of the FGD, from all the study participants. All methods were performed in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Belmont Report.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare the existence of a financial competing interest. IMM owns equity in the commercial entity Sonavi Labs Inc. and serves as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. EDM is a paid scientific consultant to Sonavi Labs Inc. Under a license agreement between Sonavi Labs Inc. and the Johns Hopkins University, the University is entitled to royalty distributions related to technology described in the study discussed in this publication. This arrangement has been reviewed and approved by Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.