About the Authors

Charles Feldman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Charles.Feldman@wits.ac.za

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sipho K. Dlamini

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Shabir A. Madhi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases Research Chair, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Susan Meiring

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa

Anne von Gottberg

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis (CRDM), National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Janetta C. de Beer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation TCD Outcomes Research, TCD Global, Centurion, South Africa

Margreet de Necker

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation TCD Outcomes Research, TCD Global, Centurion, South Africa

Marthinus P. Stander

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation TCD Outcomes Research, TCD Global, Centurion, South Africa

Competing Interests

Charles Feldman: Charles Feldman acts on the advisory board and speaker’s bureau for Pfizer and received an honorarium for attendance of the Delphi panel meeting. Sipho Dlamini: Sipho Dlamini has received payment for lectures from the following companies Pfizer-South Africa, MSD-South Africa and Janssen Pharmaceutica. He has participated on an advisory board for MSD-South Africa and Pfizer-South Africa. He received an honorarium for attendance of the Delphi panel meeting. Shabir Madhi: Shabir Madhi has received institutional grants from BMGF, Pfizer, GSK and Novartis. He received an honorarium for attendance of the Delphi panel meeting. Susan Meiring: Susan Meiring has received travel funding only (flights and accommodation) to present at three meetings presented by Pfizer: AfMe Value Summit in 2016 and 2017 and the African Regional Pneumococcal Disease Scientific Meeting in 2016. She received an honorarium for attendance of the Delphi panel meeting. Anne von Gottberg: Anne von Gottberg received research funds to institution from Pfizer and Sanofi, and expenses reimbursed for educational travel by Pfizer, Sanofi and Novartis. Margreet de Necker: The pharmacoeconomic study performed by TCD Outcomes Research was funded by Pfizer. Margreet de Necker has consulted to other pharmaceutical companies in the past. Janetta Catharina de Beer: The pharmacoeconomic study performed by TCD Outcomes Research was funded by Pfizer. Janetta Catharina de Beer has consulted to other pharmaceutical companies in the past. Tienie Stander: The pharmacoeconomic study performed by TCD Outcomes Research was funded by Pfizer. Tienie Stander has consulted to Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies in the past. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.