Shah, Rajani
Rehfuess, Eva A.
Paudel, Deepak
Maskey, Mahesh K.
Delius, Maria
Article History
Received: 16 October 2017
Accepted: 11 June 2018
First Online: 20 June 2018
Authors’ information
: RS is a Founding Member of the Nepal Public Health Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal and Associate Professor at Shree Medical and Technical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal. MKM is Executive Chair at the Nepal Public Health Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal. DP is Health Director at Save the Children, Kathmandu, Nepal. ER is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Pettenkofer School of Public Health, LMU, Munich, Germany. MD is a senior consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LMU, Munich University, Germany.
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Nepal Health Research Council (registration number 21/2012). Permission to conduct the study was also obtained from the district public health office, Chitwan. Informed consent was obtained from the participants themselves or their parents, guardians or next of kin for participating mothers below the legal age. Voluntary participation was ensured throughout the study and all information collected was kept confidential.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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