About the Authors

Josephine Amie Koroma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Mariama Mahmoud

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Bailah Molleh

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Research and Scientific Division, Sustainable Health Systems, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Stephen Sevalie

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations Research and Scientific Division, Sustainable Health Systems, Freetown, Sierra Leone, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leon, 34 Military Hospital, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Adrienne K. Chan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sharmistha Mishra

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sulaiman Lakoh

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lakoh2009@gmail.com

Affiliations Ministry of Health, Government of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Research and Scientific Division, Sustainable Health Systems, Freetown, Sierra Leone, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leon

Joseph Sam Kanu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leon, National Public Health Agency, Government of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.