About the Authors

Pratibha Bhandari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

pratibhabhandari35@gmail.com

Affiliations Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepal Development Society, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prakash Adhikari

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rejina Baruwal

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kumar Bolakhe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliation University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States of America

Shanti Prasad Khanal

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Niraj Bhattarai

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Nepal Development Society, Kathmandu, Nepal

Samip Khatri

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nepal Development Society, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dinesh Neupane

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Nepal Development Society, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.