About the Authors

Ayesha De Costa

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

deay@who.int

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Ann-Beth Moller

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Hannah Blencowe

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Emily White Johansson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Women and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Global Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Eric O. Ohuma

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Yemisrach B. Okwaraji

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jennifer Cresswell

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jennifer H. Requejo

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York City, New York, United States of America

Rajiv Bahl

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Olufemi T. Oladapo

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Joy E. Lawn

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Allisyn C. Moran

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.