About the Authors

Slim Haddad

slim.haddad@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital & Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Valery Ridde

Affiliation Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital & Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ismaelou Yacoubou

Affiliation Centre d’études et d’appui technique aux institutions de micro assurance santé, Parakou, Benin

Geneviève Mák

Affiliation Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital & Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Michel Gbetié

Affiliation Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH VR IY. Performed the experiments: SH VR IY MG. Analyzed the data: SH GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH. Wrote the paper: SH. Participated to the completion of the paper: SH VR IY MG GM.