About the Authors

Samson Gebremedhin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

samsongmgs@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ayalew Astatkie

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Hajira M. Amin

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emory University, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abebe Teshome

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emory University, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abebe Gebremariam

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emory University, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

HMA, AT and AG worked at Emory University (Ethiopia) that implemented the iCCM program. SG and AY received consultancy fees for evaluating the implementation of the program. We declare that the conflict of interest declared did not alter our adherence to all PLOS one policies.