About the Authors

Kelly Curran

kcurran@jhpiego.net

Affiliations Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, International Health Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Andrew Mirelman

Affiliation International Health Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kim Dickson

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Tigistu Adamu

Affiliation Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Peter Cherutich

Affiliation National AIDS and STI Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Hally Mahler

Affiliation Jhpiego/Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bennett Fimbo

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Thembisile Khumalo Mavuso

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Mbabane, Swaziland

Jennifer Albertini

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Laura Fitzgerald

Affiliation Jhpiego/Swaziland, Mbabane, Swaziland

Naomi Bock

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

Jason Reed

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

Delivette Castor

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

David Stanton

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KC EN. Analyzed the data: KC EN AM. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KC EN HM TA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KC EN AM KD TA PC HM BF TKM JA LF NB JR DC DS. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KC EN AM KD TA PC HM BF TKM JA LF NB JR DC DS. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KC EN AM KD TA PC HM BF TKM JA LF NB JR DC DS.