Thapa, Subash http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1182-8511
Hannes, Karin
Buve, Anne
Bhattarai, Shivani
Mathei, Catharina
Article History
Received: 23 May 2017
Accepted: 11 January 2018
First Online: 19 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board of Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium and the Ethics Committee of Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal, provided the ethical approval. Study consent was also provided by National Center for AIDS and STD Control, Kathmandu, Nepal and District Health Office, Achham, Nepal. Participants were provided with information about their rights as a participant in a research study and provided written consent at the start of the interview.
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