About the Authors

Dinesh Neupane

neupane.dinesh@gmail.com

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Bindu Panthi

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Affiliation Nobel College, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal

Craig S. McLachlan

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Affiliation Rural Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Shiva Raj Mishra

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Affiliation Shiva Raj Mishra, Nepal Development Society, Kathmandu, Nepal

Brandon A. Kohrt

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Affiliation Brandon A. Kohrt, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Per Kallestrup

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN SRM BP. Performed the experiments: DN SRM BP. Analyzed the data: DN PK CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN BP CM SRM PK BK. Wrote the paper: DN BP CM SRM PK BK.