Pradhan, Elina
Canning, David
Shah, Iqbal H.
Puri, Mahesh
Pearson, Erin
Thapa, Kusum
Bajracharya, Lata
Maharjan, Manju
Maharjan, Dev C.
Bajracharya, Lata
Shakya, Ganga
Chaudhary, Pushpa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (4041)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2018
Accepted: 15 May 2019
First Online: 29 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was obtained through Nepal Health Research Council. The Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health Office of Human Research Administration granted exempt status to the study as Harvard only received de-identified data. All women were first informed of the purpose of the study and what their participation may entail before seeking their consent. Only women who consented to participate were interviewed and included in this study.
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