The implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis in Nepal: A mixed-methods analysis

• Basant Joshi ,

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

  * E-mail: basantjoshi26@gmail.com (BJ); adiutarini@gmail.com (AU)

  Current address: Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD), Kathmandu, Nepal

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Implementation Research, Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0425-1811

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• Trisasi Lestari,

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

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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• Stephen Michael Graham,

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

  Affiliations University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

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• Sushil Chandra Baral,

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

  Affiliation Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD), Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Sharat Chandra Verma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Centre, Ministry of Health, Bhaktapur, Nepal

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• Gokarna Ghimire,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Centre, Ministry of Health, Bhaktapur, Nepal

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• Bandana Bhatta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Save the Children International, Dhangadhi, Nepal

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• Shyam Prakash Dumre,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-0745

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• Adi Utarini

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

  * E-mail: basantjoshi26@gmail.com (BJ); adiutarini@gmail.com (AU)

  Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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