About the Authors

Roy William Mayega

wromay2000@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Fredrick Makumbi

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Elizeus Rutebemberwa

Affiliations Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Iganga, Uganda

Stefan Peterson

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda, International Maternal and Child Health Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Claes-Göran Östenson

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Göran Tomson

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Division of Medical Management Centre (MMC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

David Guwatudde

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWM DG FM ER CO SP GT. Performed the experiments: RWM. Analyzed the data: RWM DG FM ER CO SP GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWM DG FM ER CO SP GT. Wrote the paper: RWM DG FM ER CO SP GT.