About the Authors

Elizabeth A. Torrone

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

etorrone@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charles S. Morrison

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health, Population and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Pai-Lien Chen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health, Population and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Cynthia Kwok

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health, Population and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Suzanna C. Francis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Richard J. Hayes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Katharine J. Looker

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Sheena McCormack

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nuala McGrath

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Academic Unit of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Deborah Watson-Jones

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania

Nicola Low

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sami L. Gottlieb

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

on behalf of the STIMA Working Group

Membership of the STIMA Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RH receives royalties for textbook from Chapman and Hall and occasional attendance fees for serving on the MRC funding committee. KJL received funding from the World Health Organization during the course of this study. NL receives a stipend as a Specialty Consulting Editor for PLOS Medicine, serves on the journal’s editorial board, and served as a Guest Editor on PLOS Medicine's Collection on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections. SM reports grants, non-financial support, and other from Gilead Sciences PLC.