About the Authors

Maeve K. Lalor

maeve_lalor@yahoo.com

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Jane Greig

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom

Sholpan Allamuratova

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Sandy Althomsons

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Zinaida Tigay

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Atadjan Khaemraev

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Kai Braker

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Berlin, Germany

Oleksander Telnov

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Philipp du Cros

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKL JG S. Althomsons KB OT PdC. Performed the experiments: MKL. Analyzed the data: MKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Allamuratova ZT AK. Wrote the paper: MKL JG S. Althomsons S. Allamuratova ZT AK KB OT PdC.