Ejaz, Muslima
Ekström, Anna Mia
Ahmed, Alyan
Haroon, Aymen
Ali, Dania
Ali, Tazeen Saeed
Salazar, Mariano
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 11 November 2021
Accepted: 14 February 2022
First Online: 22 February 2022
Declarations
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: The Human Research Ethics Committee of The Aga Khan University (3612-CHS-ERC-15) approved this study as well as the informed consent procedure. Moreover, the written informed consent to conduct the focus group discussions in their setting was also obtained from the Perwaaz CBO administration person from where the participants were recruited, and discussions were conducted. The objectives of the study were explained to the participants before written informed consent was obtained. Then written informed consent was obtained from study participants who can read and write, and those participants who were not able to write, a thumb impression was taken. The study participants were made assured that their provided information would remained be confidential. Voluntary participation and the right to ask any questions and to decline participation at any time were emphasized during discussions. Moreover, all the methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.