Fostering empowerment: Transition from self-help groups to cooperatives in leprosy-affected communities in Nepal

• Dilip Shrestha ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dilips@tlmnepal.org

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6234-4288

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• Bijaya Shrestha,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-8201

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• Subi Ansari,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Sangeet Sharma,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Suraj Puri,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Ashesh Shakya,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Divya Tiwari,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Samudra Pandey,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Pramila Aryal,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Bishnu Dhungana,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Jemish Acharya,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Shovakhar Kandel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Indra Bahadur Napit

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anandaban Hospital, The Leprosy Mission Nepal, Tika Bhairav, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

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