About the Authors

Mohammed A. Yassin

mohammed.yassin@theglobalfund.org

Affiliations Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Daniel G. Datiko

Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, TB REACH Project, Sidama zone, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Olivia Tulloch

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Paulos Markos

Affiliation TB REACH Project, Sidama zone, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Melkamsew Aschalew

Affiliation Southern Region Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Estifanos B. Shargie

Affiliation Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland

Mesay H. Dangisso

Affiliation TB REACH Project, Sidama zone, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Ryuichi Komatsu

Affiliation Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland

Suvanand Sahu

Affiliation TB REACH, Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Lucie Blok

Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Luis E. Cuevas

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sally Theobald

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Dr Suvanand Sahu is a member of the TB REACH secretariat, but was not involved in the initial study design or the decision to fund the project. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAY DGD LEC ST. Performed the experiments: DGD MA PM MHD. Analyzed the data: MAY DGD OT EBS LB LEC ST. Wrote the paper: MAY DGD OT ST LEC. Contributed to the writing of the final draft of the manuscript: MAY DGD OT ST LEC EBS RK SS. Reviewed the final manuscript: MAY DGD OT PM MA EBS MHD RK SS LB LEC ST.