About the Authors

Ghina Mumtaz

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar

Nahla Hilmi

Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar, Human Development Sector, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank, Washington (D. C.), United States of America

Willi McFarland

Affiliation HIV Research Section, San Francisco Department of Public Heath, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rachel L. Kaplan

Affiliation Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Francisca Ayodeji Akala

Affiliation Human Development Sector, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank, Washington (D. C.), United States of America

Iris Semini

Affiliation Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Regional Support Team, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt

Gabriele Riedner

Affiliation Regional Office of the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt

Oussama Tawil

Affiliation Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Regional Support Team, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt

David Wilson

Affiliation Global HIV/AIDS Program, World Bank, Washington (D. C.), United States of America

Laith J. Abu-Raddad

lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: GM NH WM RLK FAA IS GR OT DW LJAR. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: GM NH WM RLK FAA IS GR OT DW LJAR. Designed the experiments/the study: LJAR. Analyzed the data: GM WM FAA IS GR DW LJAR. Collected data/did experiments for the study: GM NH RLK FAA IS GR DW LJAR. Wrote the first draft of the paper: GM. Contributed to the writing of the paper: NH WM RLK FAA IS GR OT DW LJAR.