“…This was a cross-sectional, observational study [28] that used the World Health Organization's STEPwise Approach to Surveillance (WHO-STEPS) tool to obtain socio -demographic data as well as, tobacco and alcohol use and the Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to assess prevalence of depression in a sample of adults presenting to the emergency department for acute care [ 29 , 30 ]. The WHO-STEPS tool and PHQ-9 are both validated and widely used tools, with proven relevance for LMICs [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] .…”