About the Authors

Kristin L. Dunkle

Affiliations Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rachel K. Jewkes

rjewkes@mrc.ac.za

Affiliation Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Daniel W. Murdock

Affiliations Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yandisa Sikweyiya

Affiliation Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Robert Morrell

Affiliation Programme for the Enhancement of Research Capacity, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

RJ is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. No other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLD RKJ YS RM. Performed the experiments: KLD RKJ YS RM. Analyzed the data: KLD DWM RKJ. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KLD DWM RKJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YS RM. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KLD RKJ DWM YS RM. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KLD RKJ DWM RM YS. RKJ was the Principal Investigator and led the design of the research and wrote the grant proposal.