About the Authors

Bilal Ahmed Usmani

Contributed equally to this work with: Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Sonia Sameen, Saila Batool

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir

Contributed equally to this work with: Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Sonia Sameen, Saila Batool

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

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Sonia Sameen

Contributed equally to this work with: Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Sonia Sameen, Saila Batool

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

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Saila Batool

Contributed equally to this work with: Bilal Ahmed Usmani, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Sonia Sameen, Saila Batool

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, BSc Medical Bioscience Monash University Malaysia, School of Science, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Maria Lisa Odland

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Research Institute, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Dina Goodman-Palmer

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sandra Agyapong-Badu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Lisa R. Hirschhorn

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Social Sciences and Havey Institute of Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States of America

Carolyn Greig

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

c.a.greig@bham.ac.uk

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Justine Davies

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

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Global Health, Centre for Global Surgery, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

NO: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.