About the Authors

Robin C. Nesbitt

robin.nesbitt@uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Terhi J. Lohela

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jorvi Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Espoo, Finland

Alexander Manu

Affiliations Kintampo Health Research Center, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana, Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Linda Vesel

Affiliation Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Eunice Okyere

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Center, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana

Karen Edmond

Affiliation School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Australia

Seth Owusu-Agyei

Affiliation Kintampo Health Research Center, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana,

Betty R. Kirkwood

Affiliation Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Sabine Gabrysch

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRK SOA SG AM LV KME. Performed the experiments: BRK SG SOA AM LV TJL EO KME. Analyzed the data: RCN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCN SG TJL LV AM. Wrote the manuscript: RCN SG. Reviewed and approved of final paper: RCN TJL AM LV EO KME SOA BRK SG.