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Received: 5 February 2018

Accepted: 26 December 2018

First Online: 7 January 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty, Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg (#S-162/2014, 28.05.2014). Approved data collection tools were translated into Russian and Tajik languages and submitted to the Sughd Province Department of Health for validation. Written consent form for participation was obtained from all participants of in-depth interviews and semi-structured interviews. Focus group discussion participants were asked for verbal consent that was tape-recorded before the start of the group discussions.

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