About the Authors

Sami L. Gottlieb

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gottliebs@who.int

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Helen Rees

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wits RHI, Johannesburg, South Africa

Remco P. H. Peters

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: H. R. is the executive director of a research institute at which staff are undertaking a trial of meningococcal serogroup B vaccines to prevent gonorrhea, but she is not directly involved in the conduct of the study. S. L. G. and R. P. H. P. have declared that no competing interests exist.