About the Authors

Mohammad Habibullah Pulok

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

Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gowokani Chijere Chirwa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gowokani@gmail.com, gchirwa@cc.ac.mw

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Malawi, Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi

Jacob Novignon

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Toshiaki Aizawa

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Marshall Makate

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics & Data Analytics, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.