About the Authors

Septime P. H. Hessou

Contributed equally to this work with: Septime P. H. Hessou, Yolaine Glele-Ahanhanzo

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

shessou@yahoo.fr

Affiliations National Reference Centre for AIDS Research and Care (CNRRPEC-CNHU/Bénin), Cotonou, Bénin, Population Health and Best Practices in Health Axis Quebec City University Hospital Research Center Laval University, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Québec, Canada, Inter-faculty Centre for Training and Research in Environment for Development (CIFRED), Abomey-Calavi University (UAC), Calavi, Bénin

Yolaine Glele-Ahanhanzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Septime P. H. Hessou, Yolaine Glele-Ahanhanzo

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

Affiliation Regional Institute of Public Health (IRSP), University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Ouidah, Bénin

Rhéda Adekpedjou

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Clement Ahoussinou

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute for the Analysis of Communication and Social Groups, Missereté, Bénin

Codjo D. Djade

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Population Health and Best Practices in Health Axis Quebec City University Hospital Research Center Laval University, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Québec, Canada

Alphonse Biaou

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Program against Buruli Ulcer, Cotonou, Benin

Christian R. Johnson

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Inter-faculty Centre for Training and Research in Environment for Development (CIFRED), Abomey-Calavi University (UAC), Calavi, Bénin

Michel Boko

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Inter-faculty Centre for Training and Research in Environment for Development (CIFRED), Abomey-Calavi University (UAC), Calavi, Bénin

Michel Alary

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Population Health and Best Practices in Health Axis Quebec City University Hospital Research Center Laval University, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.