About the Authors
- Vera Halpern
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* E-mail: vhalpern@fhi.org
Affiliation Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Folasade Ogunsola
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Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Orikomaba Obunge
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Affiliation Teaching Hospital, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Chin-Hua Wang
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Affiliation Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Nneka Onyejepu
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Affiliation Teaching Hospital, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Oyinola Oduyebo
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Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Doug Taylor
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Affiliation Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Linda McNeil
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Affiliation Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Neha Mehta
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Affiliation Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- John Umo-Otong
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Affiliation Teaching Hospital, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Sakiru Otusanya
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Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Tania Crucitti
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Affiliation HIV/STI Epidemiology and Control Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Said Abdellati
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Affiliation HIV/STI Epidemiology and Control Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VH DT TC. Performed the experiments: FO OObunge JUO SO. Analyzed the data: VH CHW NO OOduyebo DT TC SA. Wrote the paper: VH CHW DT. Provided overall supervision of the trial: VH. Interpreted the data: FO OObunge NO OOduyebo TC. Critically revised the paper for important intellectual content: FO OObunge NO OOduyebo TC. Supervised all aspects of the trial in Lagos: FO. Reviewed, approved and takes responsibility for the manuscript: FO OObunge NO OOduyebo LM NM JUO SO TC SA. Supervised all aspects of the trial in Port Harcourt: OObunge. Acquired and facilitated management of the data: LM NM JUO SO SA. Monitored the fieldwork: LM NM. Trained site staff: LM. Coordinated all site staff: JUO SO. Led data querying and cleaning efforts: JUO SO.