About the Authors

Joy John Mammen

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

joymammen@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Edwin Sam Asirvatham

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

Affiliation Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), New Delhi, India

Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan

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

Affiliation Professor of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, DHCC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Charishma Jones Sarman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), New Delhi, India

Arvind Pandey

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

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Statistics, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

Varsha Ranjan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), New Delhi, India

Bimal Charles

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

Affiliation Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), New Delhi, India

Thenmozhi Mani

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Sunil D Khaparde

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sunita Upadhyaya

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

Affiliation Division of Global HIV and TB, Center for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), New Delhi, India

Shobini Rajan

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Janpath, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.