About the Authors

Kathleen Anne Holloway

hollowayk@who.int

Affiliation Regional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization, New Delhi, India

David Henry

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr Holloway (KAH) is an employee of the WHO. Senior staff at WHO had no role in the design and analysis of the study. Senior WHO staff viewed a copy of the manuscript prior to submission but did not request any substantive changes. Dr Henry (DAH) has no competing interests to declare. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of WHO.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAH. Performed the experiments: KAH DAH. Analyzed the data: KAH DAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAH DAH. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KAH. Wrote the paper: KAH DAH. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KAH DAH. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KAH DAH.