About the Authors

Dino Rech

dino@chaps.org.za

Affiliation The Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa

Jane T. Bertrand

Affiliation Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Nicholas Thomas

Affiliation Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Margaret Farrell

Affiliation Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jason Reed

Affiliation U.S. Department of State, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Washington, D.C, United States of America

Sasha Frade

Affiliation The Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa

Christopher Samkange

Affiliation Institute of Continuing Health Education, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Walter Obiero

Affiliation National Reproductive Health Society, Kisumu, Kenya

Kawango Agot

Affiliation Impact Research and Development Organization, Kisumu, Kenya

Hally Mahler

Affiliation Jhpiego, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Delivette Castor

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., United States of America

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR JB JR CS KA WO DC EN. Performed the experiments: DR JB SF. Analyzed the data: DR JB NT MF SF DC EN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR JB NT MF JR SF CS WO KA HM DC EN. Wrote the paper: DR JB NT MF JR SF CS WO KA HM DC EN.