About the Authors

Michel Tchuenche

Affiliation Health Policy Project, Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, DC, United States of America

Vibhuti Haté

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Dacia McPherson

Affiliation Health Policy Project, Palladium Consultant, Johannesburg, South Africa

Eurica Palmer

Affiliation Health Policy Project, Palladium Consultant, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ananthy Thambinayagam

Affiliation USAID (United States Agency for International Development), Pretoria, South Africa

Dayanund Loykissoonlal

Affiliation National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

enjeuhmeli@usaid.gov

Affiliation USAID (United States Agency for International Development), Washington, DC, United States of America

Steven Forsythe

Affiliation Health Policy Project, Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MT VH EN SF. Data curation: MT VH DM EP SF. Formal analysis: MT VH DM SF. Funding acquisition: MT AT EN SF. Investigation: MT VH DM EP SF. Methodology: MT VH DM SF. Project administration: MT EN SF. Resources: MT VH DM EP AT DL EN SF. Software: MT VH DM SF. Supervision: MT SF. Validation: MT VH DM EP AT DL EN SF. Visualization: MT VH DM. Writing – original draft: MT VH. Writing – review & editing: MT VH DM EP AT DL EN SF.