About the Authors

Nuruzzaman Khan

Roles Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors Joint first authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Population Science, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Manik Chandra Das

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors Joint first authors on this work.

Affiliations School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, CSF Global, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asian Institute of Disability and Development (AIDD), University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, CSF Global, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asian Institute of Disability and Development (AIDD), University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Israt Jahan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, CSF Global, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asian Institute of Disability and Development (AIDD), University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Delwar Akbar

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Mohammad Muhit

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliations CSF Global, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asian Institute of Disability and Development (AIDD), University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nadia Badwai

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

Affiliations Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gulam Khandaker

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

gulam.khandaker@health.qld.gov.au

Affiliations School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, CSF Global, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asian Institute of Disability and Development (AIDD), University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Executive Director Medical Services, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.