About the Authors

Befikadu Tariku Gutema

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

befikadutariku.gutema@ugent.be, befikadutariku2@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Eshetu Zerihun Tariku

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Zeleke Aschalew Melketsedik

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Bruno Levecke

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Stefaan De Henauw

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Amina Abubakar

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KMRI)–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

Souheila Abbeddou

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.