About the Authors

Tao Xu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

xutao6622@chinawch.org.cn (TX); sobelh@who.int (HS)

Affiliations National Center for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Through Life-Course, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Sachi Tomokawa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, Health Promotion Unit, Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Ernesto R. Gregorio Jr

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Promotion and Education, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, Department of Global Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan

Priya Mannava

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Through Life-Course, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Mari Nagai

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Through Life-Course, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines, Bureau of International Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Howard Sobel

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

xutao6622@chinawch.org.cn (TX); sobelh@who.int (HS)

Affiliation Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Through Life-Course, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.