About the Authors

Sanoussi Bamani

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Cécité du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Jonathan D. King

jonathan.king@emory.edu

Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mamadou Dembele

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Cécité du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Famolo Coulibaly

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Cécité du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Dieudonne Sankara

Affiliation RTI International, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Yaya Kamissoko

Affiliation The Carter Center, Bamako, Mali

Jim Ting

Affiliation The Carter Center, Bamako, Mali

Lisa A. Rotondo

Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Paul M. Emerson

Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB JDK MD FC DS YK JT LAR PME. Performed the experiments: SB JDK MD FC YK JT. Analyzed the data: JDK MD. Wrote the paper: SB JDK PME. Reviewed and edited the paper: MD FC DS YK JT LAR. Trained survey team: DS LAR. Assisted with interpretation of data: DS.