About the Authors

Milton W. Musaba

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

miltonmusaba@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Julius N. Wandabwa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Grace Ndeezi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew D. Weeks

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

Affiliation Sanyu Research Unit, University of Liverpool/Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

David Mukunya

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sanyu Research Unit, University of Liverpool/Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Centre for Intervention Science and Maternal Child health (CISMAC), Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Public and Community Health, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Paul Waako

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Mbale, Uganda

Victoria Nankabirwa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Centre for Intervention Science and Maternal Child health (CISMAC), Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Kenneth Tulya-muhika Mugabe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda

Daniel Semakula

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

Affiliation Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

James K. Tumwine

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Justus K. Barageine

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

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.