About the Authors

Ayalu A. Reda

alex_reda@brown.edu

Affiliation Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sibhatu Biadgilign

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Medical Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Amare Deribew

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Medical Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Betemariam Gebre

Affiliation Medical Emergency Relief International (Merlin), Country Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kebede Deribe

Affiliation Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAR. Performed the experiments: AAR SB. Analyzed the data: AAR SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAR SB KD. Wrote the paper: AAR SB BG AD KD.