About the Authors

Abdu A. Adamu

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

abdu.adamu@gmail.com, 20506546@sun.ac.za

Affiliations Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Olalekan A. Uthman

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Warwick-Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery (WCAHRD), Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

Muktar A. Gadanya

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

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State, Nigeria

Olatunji O. Adetokunboh

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Charles S. Wiysonge

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.