About the Authors

Deogratius W. Kinoko

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

deogratiuskinoko@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

Anthony C. Kavindi

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

Paschal Yuda

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

Jovin R. Tibenderana

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Public Health, St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences, Ifakara, Tanzania

Ahmed Y. Nyaki

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

Sia E. Msuya

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

Michael J. Mahande

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.