About the Authors

Pedro Ordunez

ordunezp@paho.org

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, United States of America

Elisa Prieto-Lara

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, United States of America

Vilma Pinheiro Gawryszewski

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, United States of America

Anselm J. M. Hennis

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, United States of America

Richard S. Cooper

Affiliation Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Maywood, IL, 60153, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PO EPL VPG. Performed the experiments: PO EPL VPG. Analyzed the data: PO EPL VPG AH RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PO EPL VPG. Wrote the paper: PO EPL VPG AH RC.