About the Authors

Tizta Tilahun

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

tiztatilahun@yahoo.com

Affiliation College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Gily Coene

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

Affiliation Rhea, Research Center on Gender and Diversity, Brussels University, Bussels, Belgium

Stanley Luchters

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

Affiliations International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Burnet Institute, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Wondwosen Kassahun

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

Affiliation College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Els Leye

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

Affiliation International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Marleen Temmerman

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

Affiliation International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Olivier Degomme

Contributed equally to this work with: Tizta Tilahun, Gily Coene, Stanley Luchters, Wondwosen Kassahun, Els Leye, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme

Affiliation International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Critically reviewed drafts of the report: TT GC SL WK EL MT OD. Conceived and designed the experiments: TT MT GC SL. Performed the experiments: TT. Analyzed the data: TT OD. Wrote the paper: TT OD.