About the Authors

Jennifer Bryce

jbrycedanby@aol.com.

Affiliation Institute for International Programs, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Fred Arnold

Affiliation MEASURE DHS, ICF International, Calverton, Maryland, United States of America

Ann Blanc

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Attila Hancioglu

Affiliation Statistics and Monitoring Section, Division of Policy and Strategy, United Nations Children's Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

Holly Newby

Affiliation Statistics and Monitoring Section, Division of Policy and Strategy, United Nations Children's Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

Jennifer Requejo

Affiliation Institute for International Programs, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Tessa Wardlaw

Affiliation Statistics and Monitoring Section, Division of Policy and Strategy, United Nations Children's Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

the CHERG Working Group on Improving Coverage Measurement

Membership of the CHERG Working Group on Improving Coverage Measurement is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JB FA AB AH HN JR TW SA AB KB HC FC TE CW EH TH AK LL AM BR DR JR CS JS OT. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JB FA AB AH HN JR TW SA AB KB HC FC TE CW EH TH AK LL AM BR DR JR CS JS OT. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JB FA AB AH HN JR TW SA AB KB HC FC TE CW EH TH AK LL AM BR DR JR CS JS OT.