About the Authors

Doreen Chilolo Sitali

doresita70@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Chisoni Mumba

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Eystein Skjerve

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Oliver Mweemba

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Consolata Kabonesa

Affiliation Department of Gender Studies,Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Mwinyi Omary Mwinyi

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Luke Nyakarahuka

Affiliations Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biosecurity, Ecosystems, and Veterinary Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

John Bwalya Muma

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DCS JBM ES LN OM. Data curation: DCS JBM ES OM. Formal analysis: DCS JBM ES CK OM. Funding acquisition: ES JBM. Investigation: DCS CM JBM. Methodology: DCS ES JBM. Project administration: JBM ES. Resources: JBM ES OM. Software: DCS ES JBM. Supervision: JBM ES. Validation: ES JBM OM. Visualization: CM ES CK OM. Writing – original draft: DS. Writing – review & editing: CM CK MOM LN ES JBM.