About the Authors

Hannock Tweya

h_tweya@lighthouse.org.mw

Affiliations The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France, Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Henry Kanyerere

Affiliation The National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Anne Ben-Smith

Affiliation Maame Akua, Lilongwe, Malawi

John Kwanjana

Affiliation The National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Andreas Jahn

Affiliations Department for HIV and AIDS, Centre for Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi, International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Caryl Feldacker

Affiliations Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi, International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Dickman Gareta

Affiliation Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Limbani Mbetewa

Affiliation The National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Mathew Kagoli

Affiliation The National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Mike Tikhalenawo Kalulu

Affiliation Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Ralf Weigel

Affiliation Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Sam Phiri

Affiliation Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Mary Edginton

Affiliation The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT AJ JK LM HK DG. Performed the experiments: HT AJ ABS MTK ME RW HK LM MK. Analyzed the data: HT MTK AJ ME MK CF JK DG SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT AJ SP RW ABS CF HK ME. Wrote the paper: HT HK ABS JK AJ CF DG LM MK MTK RW SP ME.