About the Authors

Suchita Shrestha

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Child Health Research Project, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ram Hari Chapagain

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Debjani Ram Purakayastha

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Pediatric Biology Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana, India

Srijana Basnet

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nitya Wadhwa

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pediatric Biology Centre, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana, India

Tor A. Strand

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway

Sudha Basnet

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sudhacbasnet@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.