About the Authors

Augustine T. Choko

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

Affiliations Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Thomas J. Coates

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

Affiliation David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Misheck Mphande

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi

Kelvin Balakasi

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

Affiliation Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi

Isabella Robson

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi

Khumbo Phiri

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi

Sam Phiri

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi

Michal Kulich

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

Affiliation Department of Probability and Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Michael Sweat

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Morna Cornell

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Risa M. Hoffman

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kathryn Dovel

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kdovel@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Partners in Hope, Lilongwe, Malawi, David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.