About the Authors

Collins Iwuji

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

c.iwuji@bsms.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom, Africa Health Research Institute, Berea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Rujeko Samanthia Chimukuche

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Africa Health Research Institute, Berea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Thembelihle Zuma

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Africa Health Research Institute, Berea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Melanie Plazy

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Bordeaux, France

Joseph Larmarange

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement(IRD), Centre Population et Développement (Ceped), Paris, France

Joanna Orne-Gliemann

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Bordeaux, France

Mark Siedner

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Africa Health Research Institute, Berea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Maryam Shahmanesh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Africa Health Research Institute, Berea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Janet Seeley

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Africa Health Research Institute, Berea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have updated the competing interest statement in the text of the manuscript. Revised text below I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CI received research grants, honoraria for consulting services and conference attendance support from Gilead Sciences. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.