About the Authors

Sara Bennett

sbennett@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Health Systems Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Irene Akua Agyepong

Affiliation Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana and University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Ghana

Kabir Sheikh

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Kara Hanson

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Freddie Ssengooba

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Lucy Gilson

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SB IA KS KH FS LG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SB IA KS KH FS LG. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SB IA KS KH FS LG. Agree with manuscript′s results and conclusions: SB IA KS KH FS LG.