About the Authors

Gladys O. Odhiambo

odhiambo_gladys@yahoo.com

Affiliations Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, School of Public Health and Community Development, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

Rosemary M. Musuva

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Vincent O. Atuncha

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Elizabeth T. Mutete

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Maurice R. Odiere

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Rosebella O. Onyango

Affiliation School of Public Health and Community Development, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

Jane A. Alaii

Affiliation ContextFACTOR Solutions, Nairobi, Kenya

Pauline N. M. Mwinzi

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GOO MRO JAA PNMM ROO. Performed the experiments: GOO RMM VOA ETM. Analyzed the data: GOO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GOO MRO JAA PNMM. Wrote the paper: GOO. Helped in the transcription of data: GOO RMM VOA ETM. Supervised the entire work: PNMM MRO JAA ROO. Reviewed the manuscript and contributed insight: GOO RMM VOA ETM MRO ROO JAA PNMM.