Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and vulnerability to COVID-19: The case of adult patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in Gamo, Gofa, and South Omo zones in Southern Ethiopia

• Fikre Bojola,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical nursing, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Wondimagegn Taye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of public health, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Habtamu Samuel,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of public health, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Bahiru Mulatu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of public health, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Aknaw Kawza,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Southern Region Health Office, Ethiopia

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• Aleme Mekuria

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

  * E-mail: alemmekurishet@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of public health, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8041-809X

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