Exploring Service Users’ Experiences of a Community-Based Intervention to Improve Follow-Up at Bharatpur Eye Hospital in Nepal: Qualitative Study

Manisha Shrestha   ^{1 *} , MS ;   Gopal Bhandari   ^{1 *} , M. Optom ;   Sadhan Bhandari   ^{1 *} , BPH ;   Gudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , MD ;   Ruchi Priya   ^{2, 3 *} , MPH ;   Binod Pandey   ^{1 *} , Dip (Ophthalmic Science) ;   Daya Shankar Chaudhary   ^{1 *} , MA ;   Puspa Giri   ^{1 *} , MS ;   Sureshkumar Kamalakannan   ^{2, 3, 5 *} , PhD ;   Operational Research Capacity Building Study Group   ^*

¹ Bharatpur Eye Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal

² Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India

³ Pragyaan Sustainable Health Outcomes Foundation, Hyderabad, India

⁴ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

⁵ Department of Social Work Education and Community Well-Being, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally