About the Authors
- Lotus McDougal
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* E-mail: lmcdouga@ucsd.edu
Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Yamini Atmavilas
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Affiliation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India
- Katherine Hay
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Affiliation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India
- Jay G. Silverman
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Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Usha K. Tarigopula
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Affiliation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India
- Anita Raj
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Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
LM, JGS and AR have no competing interests related to this manuscript. KH, YA, and UKT are employed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which funded the Ananya program, evaluation and this manuscript. They were involved in the development of both the Ananya Program and evaluation, as well as this manuscript. Their input into analyses and objective interpretation of findings for this manuscript were not influenced by their employment with the funding institution. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: LM AR JS KH YA. Data curation: LM. Formal analysis: LM. Funding acquisition: AR JGS. Investigation: YK KH UKT. Methodology: LM AR YA. Resources: AR. Visualization: LM. Writing – original draft: LM. Writing – review & editing: YA KH JGS UKT AR.