About the Authors
- Mar Pujades-Rodríguez
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* E-mail: mar.pujades@epicentre.msf.org
Affiliation Clinical Research Department, Epicentre, Paris, France
- Emmanuelle Dantony
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Affiliations Service de Biostatistique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5558, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Villeurbanne, France, Service de Biostatistique, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Loretxu Pinoges
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Affiliation Clinical Research Department, Epicentre, Paris, France
- René Ecochard
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Affiliations Service de Biostatistique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5558, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Villeurbanne, France, Service de Biostatistique, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Jean-François Etard
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Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Epicentre, Paris, France, Unité Mixte Internationale 233, Institut de Recherche pour le Dévelopment, Montpellier, France
- Esther Carrillo-Casas
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Affiliation Medical Department, MSF AIDS Working Group, Amsterdam, Holland
- Elisabeth Szumilin
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Affiliation Medical Department, MSF AIDS Working Group, Paris, France
- for the AIDS Working Group of Médecins Sans Frontières
Competing Interests
MSF staff participated in data collection (through their work in routine projects in collaboration with the Ministry of Health) and preparation of the manuscript (ECC and ES are members of the medical department of MSF). The other authors work for Epicentre, which is a non-profit organisation created by MSF to conduct operational research/evaluations in MSF-supported projects to improve the quality of care provided and evaluate activities/strategies implemented in the projects. More information about this non-profit organisation can be found in the website: http://www.epicentre.msf.org/en/in-brief. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials and the authors declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: MP-R ED LP. Wrote the paper: MP-R. Conceived and prepared the design and plan of analysis: MP-R LP. Provided advice for the selection of the statistical methods to be used: RE. Performed the data management for all studies: LP MP-R. Facilitated the access to the data: ES EC-C. All authors critically revised the manuscript and provided comments.