Durrance-Bagale, Anna
Basnet, Hari
Singh, Nanda Bahadur
Belmain, Steven R.
Rudge, James W.
Howard, Natasha
Article History
Received: 28 September 2024
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 16 April 2025
Declarations
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: The Nepal Health Research Council (ref: 2193) and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Observational Research Ethics Committee (ref: 26507) provided ethics approval in February and March 2022. We explained the study to potential participants before any other study procedure took place, so that they were informed of the purposes of the study. Following their agreement, all participants signed an informed consent form or give informed verbal consent confirming that they had read and understood the study information sheet. Informed consent of illiterate participants was witnessed by someone selected by the participant and unrelated to the study team, after explanation of the documents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.