About the Authors

Nadya M. Belenky

nbelenky@email.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Stephen R. Cole

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian W. Pence

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research, Duke Global Health Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dafrosa Itemba

Affiliation Tanzania Women Research Foundation, Moshi, Tanzania

Venance Maro

Affiliation Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania

Kathryn Whetten

Affiliation Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research, Duke Global Health Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NMB SRC BWP DI KW. Performed the experiments: NMB. Analyzed the data: NMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NMB SRC BWP. Wrote the paper: NMB SRC BWP. Edited manuscript for important intellectual content: DI KW VM.