About the Authors

Sydney Rosen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sbrosen@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Mhairi Maskew

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

Affiliation Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Bruce A. Larson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alana T. Brennan

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

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Isaac Tsikhutsu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kericho, Kenya, Henry M. Jackson Foundation Medical Research International, Inc., Nairobi, Kenya

Matthew P. Fox

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

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lungisile Vezi

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Margaret Bii

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kericho, Kenya, Henry M. Jackson Foundation Medical Research International, Inc., Nairobi, Kenya

Willem D. F. Venter

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ezintsha, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SR is on the editorial board of PLOS Medicine. BL and ATB are on the editorial board of PLOS ONE. WDFV sits on antiretroviral initiation guideline committees both local and international, has accepted speaking honoraria from multiple manufacturers of antiretrovirals, and is on several of their advisory boards. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.