About the Authors

Michelle Munroe

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

michellemunroe393@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Ministry of Health, Georgetown, Guyana, Department of Hematology, Georgetown Public Hospital and Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana

Clara Chamba

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mbonea Yonazi

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Samira Mahfudh

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

William Mawalla

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Kelvin Mbelekwa

Roles Data curation, Conceptualization

Affiliations Ministry of Health, Georgetown, Guyana, Department of Clinical Oncology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Oncology, New Amsterdam Regional Hospital, Berbice, Guyana

Gladys Kaaya

Roles Data curation, Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Hematology, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Rebbecca Mwakichako

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Hematology, Moi County Referral Hospital, Taita-Taveta, Kenya

Johnson Mshiu

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Research Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Magdalena Lyimo

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mwashungi Ally

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Ahlam Nasser

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.