Puri, Mahesh C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-1480
Maharjan, Manju
Pearson, Erin
Pradhan, Elina
Dhungel, Yasaswi
Khadka, Aayush
Shah, Iqbal H.
Article History
Received: 4 February 2018
Accepted: 28 November 2018
First Online: 6 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council, Nepal (#51/2015). At the start of each interview, participants were asked to review and sign an informed consent form. They were given the opportunity to ask any questions they had regarding the study overall and the interview specifically. After obtaining signed informed consent, a trained researcher conducted the interview in a private room in each facility and in the Nepali language.
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