About the Authors
- Moses Galukande
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Johan von Schreeb
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Affiliation Division of International Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Andreas Wladis
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Söder Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Naboth Mbembati
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Helder de Miranda
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique
- Margaret E. Kruk
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* E-mail: mkruk@columbia.edu
Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Sam Luboga
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Alphonsus Matovu
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Affiliation Kamuli Mission Hospital, Kamuli, Uganda
- Colin McCord
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, United States of America
- S. Khady Ndao-Brumblay
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Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Doruk Ozgediz
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Affiliation Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Peter C. Rockers
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Ana Romàn Quiñones
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Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Fernando Vaz
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Affiliation Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Maputo, Mozambique
- Haile T. Debas
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, California
- Sarah B. Macfarlane
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco Global Health Sciences, San Francisco, California
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MG JvS AW NM HdM MEK SL AM CM SKNB DO PCR ARQ FV HTD SBM. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MG JvS AW NM HdM MEK SL AM CM SKNB DO PCR ARQ FV HTD SBM. Designed the experiments/the study: MG JvS AW MEK DO FV SBM. Analyzed the data: AW HdM MEK SKNB DO PCR FV SBM. Collected data/did experiments for the study: MG NM SL AM CM DO ARQ FV. Enrolled patients: FV. Wrote the first draft of the paper: MG DO FV SBM. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MG JvS AW NM HdM MEK SL AM CM SKNB DO PCR ARQ FV HTD. Responsible for data integrity of the study in the context of the Hospital Of Catandica data collection: HdM. Responsible for data integrity: ARQ. Contributed to initial planning of study: HTD. Jointly responsible for overall program design and implementation: SBM.