About the Authors

Shally Awasthi

sawasthi@sancharnet.in

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India

Richard Peto

Affiliation Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Vinod K. Pande

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India

Robert H. Fletcher

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simon Read

Affiliation Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Donald A. P. Bundy

Affiliation Human Development Division, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA RP VP RF DB. Performed the experiments: SA VP. Analyzed the data: SA RP SR DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA RP VP RF SR DB. Wrote the paper: SA RP VP RF SR DB.