Khanal, Pratik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-5700
Devkota, Navin
Dahal, Minakshi
Paudel, Kiran
Joshi, Devavrat
Article History
Received: 30 June 2020
Accepted: 17 September 2020
First Online: 25 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was provided by the Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal (Registration number: 2192; 315/2020) while a letter of support was obtained from Ministry of Health and Population. An informed e-consent was obtained from individual participants. Study participants were informed clearly about their freedom to opt out of the study at any point of time without providing justification for doing so.
: Not applicable.
: Authors have no competing interest associated with this paper. The author’s affiliation does not necessarily reflect the view of their employing organisations. The authors prepared a policy brief of 2 pages based on preliminary findings and have shared it with the Ministry of Health and Population.