About the Authors

Nokwanda E. Bam

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

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

smabunda@georgeinstitute.org.au

Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Jafta Ntsaba

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Teke Apalata

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Sibusiso C. Nomatshila

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Wezile Chitha

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Systems Enablement & Innovation Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.