About the Authors

Mary V. Kinney

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

mkinney@uwc.ac.za

Affiliations Save the Children US, Washington, DC, United States of America, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Gbaike Ajayi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), Washington, DC, United States of America, Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph de Graft-Johnson

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

Affiliations Save the Children US, Washington, DC, United States of America, US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), Washington, DC, United States of America

Kathleen Hill

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), Washington, DC, United States of America, Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Neena Khadka

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Save the Children US, Washington, DC, United States of America, US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), Washington, DC, United States of America

Alyssa Om’Iniabohs

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Save the Children US, Washington, DC, United States of America, US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), Washington, DC, United States of America

Fadzai Mukora-Mutseyekwa

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USAID’s Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program/John Snow Inc., Harare, Zimbabwe

Edwin Tayebwa

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation USAID’s MCSP/Jhpiego, Kigali, Rwanda

Oladapo Shittu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Chrisostom Lipingu

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bukoba Regional Referral Hospital, Kagera, Tanzania

Kate Kerber

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Save the Children US, Washington, DC, United States of America

Juma Daimon Nyakina

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bukoba Regional Referral Hospital, Kagera, Tanzania

Perpetus Chudi Ibekwe

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Felix Sayinzoga

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Maternal, Child, and Community Health Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda

Bernard Madzima

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Family Health Directorate, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe

Asha S. George

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Kusum Thapa

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

Affiliations US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), Washington, DC, United States of America, Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.