About the Authors

Richard A. Bedell

r.bedell@dignitasinternational.org

Affiliations Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi, Division of Global Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Suzanne T. B. Anderson

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Sussex, United Kingdom

Monique van Lettow

Affiliations Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ann Åkesson

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières – Operational Centre Brussels, Thyolo, Malawi

Elizabeth L. Corbett

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Moses Kumwenda

Affiliation Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi

Adrienne K. Chan

Affiliations Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert S. Heyderman

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Rony Zachariah

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières – Operational Centre Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Anthony D. Harries

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

Andrew R. Ramsay

Affiliations World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, School of Medicine, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB MvL ADH ARR AA SA RSH RZ. Performed the experiments: AC MK MvL AA EC. Analyzed the data: MvL RB ADH EC RZ ARR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA EC RSH AA. Wrote the paper: RB MvL ADH EC SA AC RZ AA ARR RSH MK.