Mahato, Ram Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-6516
Ghimire, Uttam
Lamsal, Madhav
Bajracharya, Bijay
Poudel, Mukesh
Napit, Prashnna
Lama, Krishna
Dahal, Gokarna
Hayman, David T. S.
Karna, Ajit Kumar
Pandey, Basu Dev
Das, Chuman Lal
Paudel, Krishna Prasad
Article History
Received: 24 June 2023
Accepted: 6 November 2023
First Online: 6 December 2023
Declarations
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: The data were generated through contact tracing and house-to-house visits among vulnerable populations as part of regular program activities by the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD). While conducting the field surveillance, consent from the participants was taken verbally in the presence of local health authorities and female community health volunteers (FCHVs). Then, all acquired field data were stored in the central database as per the national surveillance system. For this study, anonymized data were used and approved for analysis and publication by the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council (Approval number 347/2022 P and Approval date: 21 July 2022) as per the request from the EDCD. All data were anonymized for use in writing and preparing this manuscript.
: All data were anonymized for use in writing and preparing this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests and that their views do not represent the organization’s views.