About the Authors

Edmund Ndudi Ossai

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

ossai_2@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

Ngozi Ekeke

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Amaka Esmai-Onyima

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Unit, Ogbaru, Anambra State, Nigeria

Chinwe Eze

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Francis Chinawa

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Obiora Iteke

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Precious Henry

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Joseph N. Chukwu

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation German Leprosy and TB Relief Association Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Charles Nwafor

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Ngozi Murphy-Okpala

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Martin Njoku

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Anthony O. Meka

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

Chukwuma Anyaike

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP), Abuja, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.