About the Authors

Ligia Gómez

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Cali, Colombia

Andrés Jaramillo

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Cali, Colombia, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia

Beatrice Halpaap

Affiliation UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Pascal Launois

Affiliation UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Luis Gabriel Cuervo

Affiliation Health Services and Access Unit, Department of Health Systems and Services of the Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America

Nancy Gore Saravia

saravian@cideim.org.co

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Cali, Colombia, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia

Competing Interests

LGC is employed by the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. BH and PL are employed by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO and hosted at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and were instrumental in the development of the Effective Project Planning and Evaluation course and materials, and implementation of the Planning for Success Initiative. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.