About the Authors

Mikkel Zahle Oestergaard

oestergaardm@who.int

Affiliation World Health Organization, Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, Geneva, Switzerland

Mie Inoue

Affiliation World Health Organization, Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, Geneva, Switzerland

Sachiyo Yoshida

Affiliation World Health Organization, Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, Geneva, Switzerland

Wahyu Retno Mahanani

Affiliation World Health Organization, Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, Geneva, Switzerland

Fiona M. Gore

Affiliation World Health Organization, Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, Geneva, Switzerland

Simon Cousens

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Joy E. Lawn

Affiliation Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa

Colin Douglas Mathers

Affiliation World Health Organization, Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, Geneva, Switzerland

on behalf of the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation and the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZO MI SC JEL CDM. Performed the experiments: MZO MI SC JEL CDM. Analyzed the data: MZO MI SC JEL CDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZO MI SY WRM FMG SC JEL CDM. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MZO. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MZO MI SC JEL CDM WRM FMG SY. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MZO MI SY WRM FMG SC JEL CDM. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MZO MI SY WRM FMG SC JEL CDM.