About the Authors

Jeremiah Ngondi

jn250@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Fiona Matthews

Affiliation MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mark Reacher

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Health Protection Agency, East of England Regional Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Samson Baba

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Southern Sudan, Juba, Sudan

Carol Brayne

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Paul Emerson

Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN FM MR SB CB PE. Performed the experiments: JN. Analyzed the data: JN FM. Wrote thepaper: JN FM MR SB CB PE. Supervised data analysis: FM. Contributed to editing the paper: FM MR SB CB PE.