About the Authors
- Krishna Kumar Aryal
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Contributed equally to this work with: Krishna Kumar Aryal, Suresh Mehata
* E-mail: krish.aryal@gmail.com
Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Suresh Mehata
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Contributed equally to this work with: Krishna Kumar Aryal, Suresh Mehata
Affiliation Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP), Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Sushhama Neupane
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Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Abhinav Vaidya
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Affiliation Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Meghnath Dhimal
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Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Purushottam Dhakal
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Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Sangeeta Rana
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Current Address: London Borough of Merton, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Chop Lal Bhusal
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Affiliation Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Guna Raj Lohani
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Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Frank Herbert Paulin
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Affiliation World Health Organization Country Office, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Renu Madanlal Garg
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Affiliation World Health Organization Regional Office for South East Asia, New Delhi, India
- Regina Guthold
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Affiliation World Health Organization Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland
- Melanie Cowan
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Affiliation World Health Organization Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland
- Leanne Margaret Riley
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Affiliation World Health Organization Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland
- Khem Bahadur Karki
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Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KKA SM SN CLB FHP RMG RG. Performed the experiments: KKA SM SN AV CLB. Analyzed the data: KKA SM SN RG MC LMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FHP RMG RG MC LMR. Wrote the paper: KKA SM AV MD PD SR GRL KBK.