Perceived stigma of leprosy among community members and health care providers in Lalitpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study

Sujan Babu Marahatta; Rakchya Amatya; Srijana Adhikari; Deena Giri; Sarina Lama; Nils Kaehler; Komal Raj Rijal; Suchana Marahatta; Bipin Adhikari

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209676

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Perceived stigma of leprosy among community members and health care providers in Lalitpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study

Sujan Babu Marahatta,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Rakchya Amatya,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Srijana Adhikari,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Deena Giri,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6176-1706

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Sarina Lama,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Nils Kaehler,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Komal Raj Rijal,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Suchana Marahatta,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
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Bipin Adhikari

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

* E-mail: biopion@gmail.com

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8981-3910

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Perceived stigma of leprosy among community members and health care providers in Lalitpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study

Sujan Babu Marahatta,
Rakchya Amatya,
Srijana Adhikari,
Deena Giri,
Sarina Lama,
Nils Kaehler,
Komal Raj Rijal,
Suchana Marahatta,
Bipin Adhikari

Published: December 27, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209676

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