About the Authors

Susanne F. Awad

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar

Sema K. Sgaier

Affiliations Integrated Delivery, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Bushimbwa C. Tambatamba

Affiliation Ministry of Community Development and Mother and Child Health, Lusaka, Zambia

Yousra A. Mohamoud

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar

Fiona K. Lau

Affiliation Integrated Delivery, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jason B. Reed

Affiliation Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Laith J. Abu-Raddad

lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, College of Public Health, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFA SKS LJA. Performed the experiments: SFA LJA. Analyzed the data: SFA SKS LJA. Wrote the paper: SFA SKS BCT YAM FKL JBR EN LJA. Interpretation of results: SFA SKS BCT YAM FKL JBR EN LJA. Wrote the first draft of the paper: SFA.