Dixit, Kritika
Rai, Bhola
Aryal, Tara Prasad
de Siqueira-Filha, Noemia Teixeira
Dhital, Raghu
Sah, Manoj Kumar
Pandit, Ram Narayan
Majhi, Govinda
Paudel, Puskar Raj
Levy, Jens W.
van Rest, Job
Gurung, Suman Chandra
Mishra, Gokul
Lönnroth, Knut
Squire, Stephen Bertel
Annerstedt, Kristi Sidney
Bonnett, Laura
Fuady, Ahmad
Caws, Maxine
Wingfield, Tom https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-6887
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z, 209075/Z/17/Z)
Horizon 2020 (733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174, 733174)
Medical Research Council, Department for International Development, and Wellcome Trust (MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1, MR/V004832/1)
National Medical Research Council (APP2293)
the Medical Research Foundation (MRF-131–0006-RG-KHOS-C0942)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2023
Accepted: 23 February 2024
First Online: 24 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study conformed to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study received ethical approval from the University of Liverpool, UK (approval number 2436) and Nepal Health Research Council (approval number 320/2018). Participants were provided with a leaflet that detailed the objective, duration, risks and benefits of participating in the study []. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.