About the Authors

Alex J. van Duinen

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

aalke.j.v.duinen@ntnu.no

Affiliations Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Surgery, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Josien Westendorp

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Thomas Ashley

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital, Kamakwie, Sierra Leone, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Lars Hagander

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

Affiliation Centre for Surgery and Public Health, Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Hampus Holmer

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Alimamy P. Koroma

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

Affiliations Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), University Teaching Hospitals Complex, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Andrew J. M. Leather

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation King’s Centre for Global Health & Health Partnerships, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Mark G. Shrime

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

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

Arne Wibe

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Surgery, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Håkon A. Bolkan

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Surgery, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.