About the Authors

Sarah O’Neill

soneill@itg.be

Affiliation Unit of Medical Anthropology, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Susan Dierickx

Affiliations Unit of Medical Anthropology, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, RHEA, Centre of Expertise on Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Joseph Okebe

Affiliations Medical Research Council Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Edgard Dabira

Affiliation Medical Research Council Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

Charlotte Gryseels

Affiliations Unit of Medical Anthropology, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Umberto d’Alessandro

Affiliations Unit of Medical Anthropology, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Medical Research Council Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Koen Peeters Grietens

Affiliations Unit of Medical Anthropology, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Partners for Applied Social Sciences (PASS) International, Tessenderlo, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO KPG. Performed the experiments: SO. Analyzed the data: SO KPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO SD ED JO. Wrote the paper: SO SD KPG. Data collection: SO. Literature review: SO. Co-ordination of study: KPG UDA. Co-ordination of administrative arrangements: JO ED SO. Edits and scientific review: UDA KPG CG.