About the Authors
- Donela Besada
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Affiliation Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
- Kate Kerber
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Affiliation Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa
- Natalie Leon
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Affiliation Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
- David Sanders
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Affiliations School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
- Emmanuelle Daviaud
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Affiliation Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
- Sarah Rohde
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Affiliation Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
- Jon Rohde
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Affiliation Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
- Wim van Damme
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Affiliations School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Sint-Rochusstraat 2, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Mary Kinney
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Affiliation Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, Cape Town, South Africa
- Samuel Manda
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Affiliations Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Kwazulu-Natal, King George V Ave, Glenwood, Durban, 4041, South Africa
- Nicholas P Oliphant
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Affiliation UNICEF Head office 125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor, New York, NY, 10038, United States of America
- Fatima Hachimou
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Affiliation UNICEF Niger, 2, rue des Oasis - Quartier Ancien Plateau, Niamey, Niger
- Adama Ouedraogo
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Affiliation UNICEF Benin, 01 BP 2289 Cotonou Boulevard de la CEN-SAD, Cotonou, Benin
- Asma Yaroh Ghali
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Affiliation Ministry of Health, BP 613, Niamey, Niger
- Tanya Doherty
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* E-mail: tanya.doherty@mrc.ac.za
Affiliations Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
Dr Fatima Hachimou, Dr Adama Ouedraogo and Mr Nicholas Oliphant are employed by UNICEF. The findings and conclusions in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of UNICEF. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DB KK DS ED JR SR MK NL TD. Performed the experiments: DB DS ED KK NL SM. Analyzed the data: DB KK SM SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK SM. Wrote the paper: DB KK NL DS ED SR JR WvD MK SM NPO FH AO AYG TD.