Implementation of a psychosocial support package for people receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nepal: A feasibility and acceptability study

Ian F. Walker; Sudeepa Khanal; Joe P. Hicks; Bikash Lamichhane; Anil Thapa; Helen Elsey; Sushil C. Baral; James N. Newell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201163

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Implementation of a psychosocial support package for people receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nepal: A feasibility and acceptability study

Ian F. Walker ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: i.walker@leeds.ac.uk

¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-6389

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Sudeepa Khanal ,

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

¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD), Kathmandu, Nepal
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Joe P. Hicks,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Bikash Lamichhane,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Centre, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Anil Thapa,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Centre, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Helen Elsey,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sushil C. Baral,

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

Affiliation Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD), Kathmandu, Nepal
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James N. Newell

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Implementation of a psychosocial support package for people receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nepal: A feasibility and acceptability study

Ian F. Walker,
Sudeepa Khanal,
Joe P. Hicks,
Bikash Lamichhane,
Anil Thapa,
Helen Elsey,
Sushil C. Baral,
James N. Newell

Published: July 26, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201163

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