About the Authors

Stephen Emuli

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Crispus Tegu

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

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Faith Oguttu

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

faithfaithoguttu@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Ritah Nantale

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Paul Ochieng

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

George Passi

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Julian Abeso

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mbale regional referral hospital, Mbale, Uganda

Joan Wamulugwa

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mbale regional referral hospital, Mbale, Uganda

Milton W. Musaba

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Ruth Namazi

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Sarah Kiguli

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

David Mukunya

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

Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.