Shah, Harsh D
Chaudhary, Shalu
Desai, Bharat
Patel, Jay
Yasobant, Sandul
Bhavsar, Priya
Saha, Somen
Sinha, Anish K
Saxena, Deepak
Patel, Yogesh
Modi, Bhavesh
Article History
Received: 20 March 2023
Accepted: 13 December 2023
First Online: 2 January 2024
Declarations
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: The studies involving human participants were reviewed by Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) members of the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), India. All study protocols were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (TRC/2020-21/18) of the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, India. The State TB Office, Government of Jharkhand, approved the study’s execution. This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study. The study consent has mentioned the intention of publication to benefit the TB control program interventions.
: Not applicable. The study does not contain information or images, which could lead to the identification of a study participant. The authors provide their consent to the journal for publication. The results/data/figures in this manuscript have not been published elsewhere, nor are they under consideration (from all authors) by another publisher.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted without any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. We declare that the authors have no competing interests as defined by BMC, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper. The contents are the authors’ responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.