About the Authors

Mashavu H. Yussuf

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

mashay55@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Bilikisu R. Elewonibi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Martin M. Rwabilimbo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Innocent B. Mboya

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Scottsville, South Africa

Michael J. Mahande

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.