About the Authors

Bhola Teli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bholateli23@gmail.com

Affiliations B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, Nepal, Central Department of Public Health (CDPH), Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal

Durga Rijal

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, Nepal, Central Department of Public Health (CDPH), Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal

Sulochan GC

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Ashok Khanal

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Anil Kumar Singh

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

Affiliation Central Department of Public Health (CDPH), Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.