About the Authors

Aye Thida

ayethida0612@gmail.com

Affiliation The Union Office in Myanmar, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Mandalay, Myanmar

Sai Thein Than Tun

Affiliation The Union Office in Myanmar, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Mandalay, Myanmar

Sai Ko Ko Zaw

Affiliation The Union Office in Myanmar, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Mandalay, Myanmar

Andrew A. Lover

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Programme, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Philippe Cavailler

Affiliation Innovation Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland

Jennifer Chunn

Affiliation Maths and Statistics Help Centre, James Cook University, Singapore

Mar Mar Aye

Affiliation Medical Care Division, Department of Health, Mandalay, Myanmar

Par Par

Affiliation Medical Care Division, Department of Health, Mandalay, Myanmar

Kyaw Win Naing

Affiliation Medical Care Division, Department of Health, Mandalay, Myanmar

Kaung Nyunt Zan

Affiliation Medical Care Division, Department of Health, Mandalay, Myanmar

Myint Shwe

Affiliation National AIDS Program, Department of Health, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Thar Tun Kyaw

Affiliation Disease Control Division, Department of Health, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Zaw Htoon Waing

Affiliation The Union Office in Myanmar, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Mandalay, Myanmar

Philippe Clevenbergh

Affiliation The Union Office in Myanmar, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Mandalay, Myanmar

Competing Interests

Total Yadana, a commercial source, was among other funders. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT STTT SKKZ ZHW P. Clevenbergh AAL P. Cavailler JC. Performed the experiments: MMA PP KWN KNZ MS TTK SKKZ P. Clevenbergh. Analyzed the data: AAL P. Cavailler JC STTT AT P. Clevenbergh. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT STTT SKKZ AAL P. Cavailler JC ZHW P. Clevenbergh. Wrote the paper: AT AAL P. Cavailler JC P. Clevenbergh.