About the Authors

Anita Raj

anitaraj@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Mohan Ghule

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai, India

Julie Ritter

Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Madhusudana Battala

Affiliation Population Council, New Delhi, India

Velhal Gajanan

Affiliation T N Medical College & B Y L Nair Ch Hospital, Mumbai, India

Saritha Nair

Current address: National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai, India

Anindita Dasgupta

Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Jay G. Silverman

Affiliation Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Donta Balaiah

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai, India

Niranjan Saggurti

Current address: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India

Affiliation Population Council, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR JGS NS DB. Performed the experiments: MG MB SN VG. Analyzed the data: AR JR MB AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG JR MB JGS. Wrote the paper: AR NS JR AD.