About the Authors

Sheela Godbole

sgodbole@nariindia.org

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Suvarna Sane

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pranil Kamble

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Yujwal Raj

Affiliation Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Nisha Dulhani

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Srinivasan Venkatesh

Affiliation Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

D. C. S. Reddy

Current address: Independent Consultant, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Affiliation World Health Organisation (India), New Delhi, India

Laxmikant Chavan

Current address: World Health Organisation (India), New Delhi, India

Affiliation Gujarat State AIDS Control Society, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Madhulekha Bhattacharya

Affiliation Department of Community Health Administration, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

Suchitra Bindoria

Current address: Jhpiego, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Affiliation Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Dilip Kadam

Current address: Department of Community Medicine, Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Affiliation Mumbai District AIDS Control Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Savita Thakur

Affiliation Madhya Pradesh State AIDS Control Society, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Prakash Narwani

Affiliation Rajasthan State AIDS Control Society, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Elmira Pereira

Current address: Retired from State Health Service, Goa, India

Affiliation Goa State AIDS Control Society, Panaji, Goa, India

Ramesh Paranjape

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Arun Risbud

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute (Indian Council of Medical Research), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG SS PK ND AR RP. Performed the experiments: SG AR SV YR DCSR LC ND MB SB EP PN DK ST. Analyzed the data: SG SS AR ND RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG AR SV YR DCSR LC ND MB. Wrote the paper: SG AR RP PK SS.