Linn, Shwe Yi
Maung, Thae Maung
Tripathy, Jaya Prasad
Shewade, Hemant Deepak
Oo, Swai Mon
Linn, Zaw
Thi, Aung
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of health and sports,Myanmar
Article History
Received: 3 August 2018
Accepted: 4 May 2019
First Online: 14 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval for the community-based survey used for this secondary analysis was already obtained from the Ethics Review Committee, Department of Medical Research, Myanmar (DMR/2017/151). Ethics approval was also received from The Union Ethics Advisory Group (International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France) (EAG number: 74/17). Administrative approval for the study was sought from the NMCP, Myanmar. Written informed consent was obtained from participants for KIIs and FGDs. Separate consent was also obtained for audio-recording.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.