About the Authors

Katharine Kripke

kkripke@avenirhealth.org

Affiliation Health Policy Project, Avenir Health, Washington, DC, United States of America

Frank Chimbwandira

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Zebedee Mwandi

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Lilongwe, Malawi

Faustin Matchere

Affiliation United States Department of Defense, Lilongwe, Malawi

Melissa Schnure

Affiliation Health Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jason Reed

Affiliation USAID, Washington, DC, United States of America

Delivette Castor

Affiliation USAID, Washington, DC, United States of America

Sema Sgaier

Affiliations Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Affiliation USAID, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK EN JR SS. Performed the experiments: KK. Analyzed the data: KK MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK FC ZM. Wrote the paper: KK FC ZM FM MS JR DC SS EN. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KK. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KK FC ZM FM MS JR DC SS EN. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KK FC ZM FM MS JR DC SS EN.