About the Authors

Sarita Sonalkar

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

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ernest Maya

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

emaya@ug.edu.gh

Affiliation Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

Chris Guure

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Arden McAllister

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dzifa Puplampu

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

Roseline Doe

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), Healthy Ageing, UHC-Life Course Cluster, World Health Organization, Roman-Ridge- Accra, Ghana

Robert Gallop

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James Kiarie

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Mary Eluned Gaffield

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SS is a consultant with WHO and receives research funding from Myovant. RD, MEG, and JK are employees of WHO. E.M, C.G., A.M., D.A.P. have no conflicts of interest to declare.