About the Authors

Kiran Bam

bam.kiran@gmail.com

Current address: James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Affiliation District AIDS Coordination Committee (DACC), District Health Office, Silgadhi, Doti, Nepal

Rajshree Thapa

Affiliation Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) Nepal, Damak, Jhapa, Nepal,

Marielle Sophia Newman

Affiliation 3 James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh,

Lokesh Prasad Bhatt

Affiliation 4 Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) -HAMI Project, Kathmandu, Nepal,

Shree Krishna Bhatta

Affiliation 5 Far Western Regional Health Directorate, Rajpur, Doti, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB RT. Performed the experiments: KB LPB. Analyzed the data: RT KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKB RT MSN LPB. Wrote the manuscript: KB RT MSN. Obtained ethical permission from Samata Foundation and District Health Offices of each district: KB. Helped in coordination with the government and non government organizations of each district: LPB SKB.