About the Authors

Ion Salaru

Contributed equally to this work with: Ion Salaru, Daniela Demiscan, Lilia Turcan

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health Agency of the Republic of Moldova, Chişinău, Moldova

Daniela Demiscan

Contributed equally to this work with: Ion Salaru, Daniela Demiscan, Lilia Turcan

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

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova, Chişinău, Moldova

Lilia Turcan

Contributed equally to this work with: Ion Salaru, Daniela Demiscan, Lilia Turcan

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

lturcan@gwmail.gwu.edu

Affiliation Iodine Global Network, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

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