diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5394437..f8eb707 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Authors@R:
            role = c("ctb"),
            email = "adamthowes@gmail.com",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2386-4031")),
+    person(given = "James Mba",
+           family = "Azam",
+           role = c("ctb"),
+           email = "james.azam@lshtm.ac.uk",
+           comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5782-7330")),
     person(given = "Sebastian",
            family = "Funk",
            role = c("aut"),