About the Authors

Claudia Hanson

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

Claudia.hanson@ki.se

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health Sciences–Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Stephen Munjanja

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Agnes Binagwaho

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

Bellington Vwalika

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia

Andrea B. Pembe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Elsa Jacinto

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Women’s and Children’s Health Department, National Directorate for Public Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique

George K. Chilinda

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical College, Blantyre, Malawi

Kateri B. Donahoe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

Sikolia Z. Wanyonyi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

Peter Waiswa

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences–Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Muchabayiwa F. Gidiri

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Lenka Benova

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

Affiliations Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: LB was supported by funding from MSD for Mothers program, an initiative of Merck & Co., Inc. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.