Funding for this research was provided by:
Professor Anne Mills fellowship in health system research
Article History
Received: 21 July 2017
Accepted: 16 January 2018
First Online: 6 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from the Research ethics committee of Prince of Songkla University of Thailand (no: 56–330–18-5) and the National Health research committee of the Maldives (dated August 2013). Written consent was acquired from all respondents.
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