About the Authors

Brian Kasagga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

briankasagga@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre, Kampala, Uganda, Academics and Research Department, Society of Uganda Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SUGES), Kampala, Uganda

Joseph Baruch Baluku

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

Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Felix Bongomin

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

Derrick Kasozi

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Makerere University, School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda

Eria Muwanguzi

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Makerere University, School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda

Mercy Namazzi

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Kampala International University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Yusuf Sadiq

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Rose Alenyo

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Edris Wamala Kalanzi

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

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Darius Balumuka

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

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Alex Emmanuel Elobu

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

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, Academics and Research Department, Society of Uganda Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SUGES), Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

NO authors have competing interest.