About the Authors

Tekola Endeshaw

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Patricia M. Graves

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

Berhan Ayele

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Aryc W. Mosher

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

Teshome Gebre

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Firew Ayalew

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Asrat Genet

Affiliation Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Alemayehu Mesfin

Affiliation Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Estifanos Biru Shargie

Affiliations The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Strategic Information Team, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Vernier, Switzerland

Zerihun Tadesse

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tesfaye Teferi

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Berhanu Melak

Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Frank O. Richards

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

Paul M. Emerson

paul.emerson@emory.edu

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: TE PMG TG EBS FOR PME. Performed the experiments: TE TT BM AG ZT BA AWM AM. Analyzed the data: TE FA PMG AWM. Wrote the paper: TE PMG PME.