About the Authors

Assel Bukharbayeva

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

bukharbayeva.a@kaznmu.kz

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology with a course of HIV-infection, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Alissa Davis

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Susan L. Rosenthal

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

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Akbope Myrkassymova

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Balnur Iskakova

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

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Aigulsum Izekenova

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

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology with a course of HIV-infection, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Assel Izekenova

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

Affiliation Department of Finance and Accounting, Kenzhegali Sagadiyev University of International Business, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Maral Yerdenova

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology with a course of HIV-infection, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Kuanysh Karibayev

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology with a course of HIV-infection, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Baurzhan Zhussupov

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology with a course of HIV-infection, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Gaukhar Mergenova

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

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology with a course of HIV-infection, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.