About the Authors

Edwine W. Barasa

edwine.halton@gmail.com

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast, and Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Philip Ayieko

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast, and Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Susan Cleary

Affiliation Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Mike English

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast, and Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

ME was responsible for developing the intervention that is the subject of the cost-effectiveness analysis and testing its implementation. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EWB PA SC ME. Performed the experiments: EWB. Analyzed the data: EWB PA SC ME. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: EWB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EWB PA SC ME. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: EB PA SC ME. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: EB PA SC ME.