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Ghimire, Radhika
Sharma, Shreesti
Bhusal, Rajan
Singh, Aliza
Tamang, Laxmi
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Received: 23 January 2026
Accepted: 2 September 2026
First Online: 6 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Obtained from NHRC (Reg. No. 354/2018) and respective local governments. All procedures complied with the Declaration of Helsinki. Freely-given, informed consent to participate in this study was obtained from all participants prior to data collection (IDIs, KIIs, and FGDs). For participants under 18 years of age, written informed consent was obtained from a parent or legal guardian, together with the assent of the minor participant, in accordance with the Nepal Health Research Council’s National Ethical Guidelines for Health Research in Nepal (2011).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
