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Poudyal, Indra Prasad
Khanal, Pratik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-5700
Mishra, Shiva Raj
Malla, Milan
Poudel, Prakash
Jha, Raj Kumar
Phuyal, Anil
Barakoti, Abiral
Adhikari, Bipin
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Received: 31 March 2020
Accepted: 30 August 2020
First Online: 5 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was provided by the Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal (Registration number: 55/2017). A written informed consent was obtained from individual participants. For those under 18 years of age, assent was obtained from the study participants and written consent was taken from their caretakers. Confidentiality and anonymity of the participants were ensured by coding the interviews. Study participants were informed clearly about their freedom to opt-out of the study at any point of time without justifying for doing so.
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: Authors have no competing interest associated with this paper. Bipin Adhikari is on the editorial board of BMC Public Health.
