Barriers in accessing family planning services in Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study

• Anil Sigdel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anil Sigdel, Anu Bista, Hardik Sapkota

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sigdel.aanil@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur Chitwan, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0289-236X

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• Anu Bista ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anil Sigdel, Anu Bista, Hardik Sapkota

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

  Affiliation Youth and Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Family Planning Association of Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7748-0589

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• Hardik Sapkota ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anil Sigdel, Anu Bista, Hardik Sapkota

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur Chitwan, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-6654

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• Edwin van Teijlingen

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5523-8583

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