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Received: 27 February 2018

Accepted: 18 June 2018

First Online: 5 July 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This research was approved by the research ethics committees of Nepal Health Research Council and Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. The District Health Office in Nepal allowed access to mortality data and related documents, and permitted the first author to enter the villages for this study. Written informed consent was sought from all participants before the start of each interview.

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