Funding for this research was provided by:
Prof Anne Mills fellowship in health system research
Article History
Received: 21 October 2017
Accepted: 23 May 2018
First Online: 19 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Ethics Committee of Prince of Songkla University of Thailand (EC protocol number: 56–330–18-5) and the Research Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health of Maldives provided ethical approval for this study.
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