About the Authors

Yibeltal Assefa

yibeltalassefa343@gmail.com

Affiliations Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Public Health, Antwerp, Belgium

Alemayehu Worku

Affiliation Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Edwin Wouters

Affiliation Antwerp University, Department of Social Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium

Olivier Koole

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium

Damen Haile Mariam

Affiliation Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Wim Van Damme

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Public Health, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YA WVD. Performed the experiments: YA. Analyzed the data: YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YA. Wrote the paper: YA AW EW OK DHM WVD.