About the Authors

Shankar Prinja

shankarprinja@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Pankaj Bahuguna

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Pavitra Mohan

Affiliation UNICEF India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Sarmila Mazumder

Affiliation Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Sunita Taneja

Affiliation Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Nita Bhandari

Affiliation Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi, India

Henri van den Hombergh

Affiliation UNICEF India Country Office, New Delhi, India

Rajesh Kumar

Affiliation School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM, HVDH, NB, RK. Performed the experiments: SP, SM. Analyzed the data: PB, ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM, PM, NB. Wrote the paper: SP, PB, SM. SP developed the model; PB contributed to model development; All authors critically reviewed the manuscript for inputs and approve the final version.