About the Authors

A. S. M. Shahabuddin

shahab@itg.be; shahab_nsu@yahoo.com

Affiliations Woman and Child Health Research Centre, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Christiana Nöstlinger

Affiliation Unit of HIV/AIDS Policy, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Thérèse Delvaux

Affiliation Woman and Child Health Research Centre, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Malabika Sarker

Affiliation James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Azucena Bardají

Affiliation ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Vincent De Brouwere

Affiliation Woman and Child Health Research Centre, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Jacqueline E. W. Broerse

Affiliation Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS CN VDB TD JB. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS CN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS CN JB. Wrote the paper: AS CN VDB TD MS AB JB.