About the Authors

Prakash Javalkar

prakashj@khpt.org

Affiliation Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India

Ravi Prakash

Affiliation Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India

Shajy Isac

Affiliations Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Reynold Washington

Affiliations Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Shiva S. Halli

Affiliation University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJ RP SI RW. Performed the experiments: PJ RP SI. Analyzed the data: PJ RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJ RP SI. Wrote the paper: PJ RP SH. Reviewed and commented on the manuscript: SI RW SH.