About the Authors

Ngozika E. Ezinne

Contributed equally to this work with: Ngozika E. Ezinne, Chukwuebuka S. Ojukwu, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu

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

Affiliations Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Optometry Unit, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, Department of Optometry, Madonna University, Elele campus, Okija, Nigeria

Chukwuebuka S. Ojukwu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ngozika E. Ezinne, Chukwuebuka S. Ojukwu, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Optometry, Madonna University, Elele campus, Okija, Nigeria, Department of Public Health, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kingsley K. Ekemiri

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Optometry Unit, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

Obinna F. Akano

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation I and Eye Optometry, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Edgar Ekure

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Salus University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ngozika E. Ezinne, Chukwuebuka S. Ojukwu, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu

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

l.osuagwu@westernsydney.edu.au

Affiliations Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia, African Vision Research Institute, Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Competing Interests

he authors have declared that no competing interests exist.