About the Authors

Nelson Sewankambo

Affiliation Principal, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

James K. Tumwine

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Göran Tomson

Affiliations Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Celestino Obua

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Freddie Bwanga

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Peter Waiswa

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Elly Katabira

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Hannah Akuffo

Affiliation Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development cooperation Agency (Sida), Stockholm, Sweden

Kristina Persson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Stefan Peterson

stefan.peterson@ki.se

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, International Maternal and Child Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

HA is employed by Sida. JKT is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: NS GT SP. Wrote the paper: NS JKT GT CO FB PW EK HA KP SP. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: NS JKT GT CO FB PW EK HA KP SP. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: NS JKT GT CO FB PW EK HA KP SP.