About the Authors

Ezekiel Mupere

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

mupez@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics & Child Health College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Research and Data System Center, Child and Family Foundation Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

Harriet M. Babikako

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

Affiliations Research and Data System Center, Child and Family Foundation Uganda, Kampala, Uganda, Child Health and Development Center College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Violet Okaba-Kayom

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics & Child Health College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Robert B. Mutyaba

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Information Systems and Programming, RBMTM Systems Consult Limited, Kampala, Uganda

Milton Nasiero Mwisaka

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Social Work Unit, Jinja Regional Referral Hospital Ministry of Health, Jinja, Uganda

Emmanuel Tenywa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Paediatrics, Jinja Regional Referral Hospital Ministry of Health, Jinja, Uganda

Albert Lule

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Jane Ruth Aceng

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Minister for Health, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Flavia Mpanga-Kaggwa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Office, UNICEF Uganda Country Office, Kampala, Uganda

David Matseketse

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

Affiliation Health Office, UNICEF Uganda Country Office, Kampala, Uganda

Eresso Aga

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

Affiliation Health Manager, UNICEF Jordan Country Office, Amman, Jordan

Competing Interests

Author disclosures: Ezekiel Mupere, Harriet M. Babikako, Violet Kayom Okaba, Robert B. Mutyaba, Milton Nasiero Mwisaka, and Emmanuel Tenywa were academic and health care officers who provided technical support to Child and Family Foundation Uganda (CFU), a non-government organization as community contribution, and CFU paid for their field supervision expenses during the study conduct. Albert Lule, Jane Ruth Aceng, Flavia Kaggwa Mpanga, David Matseketse, and Eresso Aga were Ministry of Health and UNICEF staff in charge of policy and program implementation. Robert B. Mutyaba was affiliated to RBMTM Systems, a commercial companywhich had no role in the study, and this affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Each author provided individual views to the development of the manuscript.