About the Authors

Agnes Binagwaho

agnes_binagwaho@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Roger Bate

Affiliation American Enterprise Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Michel Gasana

Affiliation Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda

Corine Karema

Affiliation Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda

Yves Mucyo

Affiliation Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda

John Patrick Mwesigye

Affiliation Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

Floribert Biziyaremye

Affiliation Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda

Cameron T. Nutt

Affiliation Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Claire M. Wagner

Affiliation Global Health Delivery Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul Jensen

Affiliation Pivit, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Amir Attaran

Affiliation University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

AB is the Minister of Health, Rwanda. AB is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AB RB CTN PJ AA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AB RB MG CK YV JPM FB CTN CMW PJ AA. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: AB RB MG CK YV JPM FB CTN CMW PJ AA. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: AB RB MG CK YV JPM FB CTN CMW PJ AA. Implemented the programs described and collected the country-level data included: AB MG CK YM JPM FB. Conducted the previously published drug quality survey from which some data is included: RB PJ.