About the Authors

Geoffrey Kangogo

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Saint Louis University, Missouri, United States of America

Donaldson F. Conserve

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University, District of Columbia, United States of America

Sekeleghe Kayuni

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM), Blantyre, Malawi

Moses K. Kumwenda

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi

Kathryn L. Dovel

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, United States of America

James Chirombo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi

Peter MacPherson

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

Affiliations Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth L. Corbett

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Anthony Butterworth

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

Affiliation Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi

Augustine Talumba Choko

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

augutc@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Social Science, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Blantyre, Malawi

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.