About the Authors

Jeffrey W. Eaton

jeffrey.eaton@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Leigh F. Johnson

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Joshua A. Salomon

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Till Bärnighausen

Affiliations Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa

Eran Bendavid

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Anna Bershteyn

Affiliation Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

David E. Bloom

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Valentina Cambiano

Affiliation Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Christophe Fraser

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Jan A. C. Hontelez

Affiliations Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Salal Humair

Affiliations Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Daniel J. Klein

Affiliation Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

Elisa F. Long

Affiliation Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Andrew N. Phillips

Affiliation Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Carel Pretorius

Affiliation Futures Institute, Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States of America

John Stover

Affiliation Futures Institute, Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Edward A. Wenger

Affiliation Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

Brian G. Williams

Affiliation South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Timothy B. Hallett

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: JAS is a member of the PLoS Medicine Editorial Board. TB, DEB, and SH received a grant from the World Bank Global HIV/AIDS program through the Economics Reference Group for the initial development of the BBH model.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWE JAS BGW TBH. Performed the experiments: JWE LFJ TB EB AB DEB VC CF JACH SH DJK EFL ANP CP JS EW. Analyzed the data: JWE. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JWE. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JWE LFJ JAS TB EB AB DEB VC CF JACH SH DJK EFL ANP CP JS EAW BGW TBH. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JWE LFJ JAS TB EB AB DEB VC CF JACH SH DJK EFL ANP CP JS EAW BGW TBH. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JWE LFJ JAS TB EB AB DEB VC CF JACH SH DJK EFL AP CP JS EAW BGW TBH.