About the Authors

Tikhala Itaye

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Sultani Hadley Matendechero

Roles Writing – review & editing

hadleysultani@gmail.com

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Jean Bosco Mbonigaba

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rwanda NTD and Other Parasitic Diseases Program, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Fikre Seife Gebretsadik

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tuduetso L. Molefi

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana

Gilbert Baayenda

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Eugene Ruberanziza

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The END Fund, New York, New York City, United States of America

Karsor K. Kollie

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia

January Zilabumba

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Technical Advisor, Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Massitan Dembele

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, Ministry of Health, Bamako, Mali

Kebede Deribe

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Expanded Special Project on the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization -African Region, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Elia Muhima Adrien

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Expanded Special Project on the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization -African Region, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Maria Rebollo Polo

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Expanded Special Project on the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization -African Region, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

On behalf of the Kikundi African NTD Program Managers Community of Practice

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.