About the Authors
- Mohammed A. Yassin
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, TB REACH Project, Sidama zone, Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Olivia Tulloch
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Paulos Markos
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Affiliation TB REACH Project, Sidama zone, Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Melkamsew Aschalew
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Affiliation Southern Region Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Estifanos B. Shargie
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Affiliation Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland
- Mesay H. Dangisso
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Affiliation TB REACH Project, Sidama zone, Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Ryuichi Komatsu
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Affiliation Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland
- Suvanand Sahu
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Affiliation TB REACH, Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland
- Lucie Blok
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Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Luis E. Cuevas
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Sally Theobald
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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.