About the Authors

Vishnu Khanal

khanal.vishnu@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Tania Gavidia

Affiliation Centre for International Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Mandira Adhikari

Affiliation Public Health Worker, Kathmandu, Nepal

Shiva Raj Mishra

Affiliation Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rajendra Karkee

Affiliations School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VK. Analyzed the data: VK MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VK TG MA SRM RK. Wrote the paper: VK. Contributed in revising the mansucript and literature review: VK TG MA SRM RK.