Gourab, Gorkey
Sarwar, Golam
Khan, Mohammad Niaz Morshed
Hasan, A M Rumayan
Irfan, Samira Dishti
Saha, Tarit Kumar
Rahman, Lima
Rana, A. K. M. Masud
Khan, Sharful Islam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7319-1333
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (BGD-H-ICDDRB-1403)
Article History
Received: 12 April 2022
Accepted: 31 August 2023
First Online: 11 September 2023
Change Date: 9 October 2023
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10093-7
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of icddr,b is comprised of two highly professional independent bodies, the Research Review Committee (RRC) and the Ethical Review Committee (ERC). All of the interviews have been conducted by following all the relevant ethical guidelines, which includes the Declaration of Helsinki. This study received the ethical approval of ERC of icddr,b (Reference no. PR-16069). Interviews and observations that have been conducted by following the ethical guidelines specified by the ERC. Before conducting the observations and interviews informed and understood verbal consents were attained and digitally recorded if authorised by the study participants. Due to the criminalisation of drug use and male-to-male sex as per the revised Narcotic Control Act of 2018 and Bangladesh Penal Code 377, respectively, the written consents of IDI participants were not taken to eliminate any of their anticipatory fears of identity disclosure. Therefore, verbal consents were attained instead. This procedure to approve verbal consent has been approved by the Ethical Review Committee of icddr,b. In these cases, we would record their consent along with the interview using a tape recorder where the participants agreed to be audio tape recorded. However, written consents were taken from other key informants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have declared that they have no competing financial or non-financial interests.