About the Authors

Amadou Barrow

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

abarrow@utg.edu.gm

Affiliations Department of Public and Environmental Health, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, Kanifing, Gambia,, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America,

Oluwakemi Christie Ogidan

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

Affiliation Department of Nursing Science, College of Medicine, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria,

Chimezie Igwegbe Nzoputam

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

Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria,, Department of Public Health, Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria,

Michael Ekholuenetale

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria,, Faculty of Science and Health, School of Health and Care Professions, University of Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.