About the Authors

Olumide A. T. Ogundahunsi

ogundahunsio@who.int

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Mahnaz Vahedi

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Edward M. Kamau

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Garry Aslanyan

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Robert F. Terry

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Fabio Zicker

Affiliation Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pascal Launois

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal′s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: OATO, MV, EMK, GA, RFT, and PL are staff of the research capacity strengthening/knowledge management unit of WHO/TDR. FZ was a former staff of the unit.