About the Authors

Francis Yeji

francis.yeji@gmail.com; Francis.Yeji@navrongo-hrc.org

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper-East, Ghana

Akira Shibanuma

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Abraham Oduro

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper-East, Ghana

Cornelius Debpuur

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper-East, Ghana

Kimiyo Kikuchi

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Seth Owusu-Agei

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 200, Kintampo, Brong-Ahafo, Ghana

Margaret Gyapong

Affiliation Dodowa Health Research Centre, P.O. Box DD1, Dodowa, Greater Accra, Ghana

Sumiyo Okawa

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Evelyn Ansah

Affiliation Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra MB 190, Ghana

Gloria Quansah Asare

Affiliation Ghana Health Service Headquarters, Accra MB 190, Ghana

Keiko Nanishi

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

John Williams

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper-East, Ghana

Sheila Addei

Affiliation Dodowa Health Research Centre, P.O. Box DD1, Dodowa, Greater Accra, Ghana

Charlotte Tawiah

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 200, Kintampo, Brong-Ahafo, Ghana

Junko Yasuoka

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Yeetey Enuameh

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 200, Kintampo, Brong-Ahafo, Ghana

Evelyn Sakeah

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper-East, Ghana

Peter Wontuo

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Upper-East, Ghana

Masamine Jimba

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Abraham Hodgson

Affiliation Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra MB 190, Ghana

Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team

Membership of the Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FY AS MJ AH. Performed the experiments: FY AS AO CD KK SOA MG SO EA GQA KN JW SA CT JY YE ES PW MJ AH. Analyzed the data: FY AS MJ SO PW. Wrote the paper: FY. Reviewed and finalized the manuscript: FY AS AO CD KK SOA MG SO EA GQA KN JW SA CT JY YE ES PW MJ AH.