About the Authors

Edward S. Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric, Hospital, Palliative and General Internal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rajesh Vedanthan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Panniyammakal Jeemon

Affiliation Centre for Control of Chronic Conditions, Public Health Foundation of India, Kerala, India

Jemima H. Kamano

Affiliations Moi University College of Health Sciences, Eldoret, Kenya, Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, Eldoret, Kenya

Preeti Kudesia

Affiliation Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, The World Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal

Vikram Rajan

Affiliation The World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia

Michael Engelgau

Affiliation Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew E. Moran

aem35@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESL AEM VR PJ PK ME. Performed the experiments: ESL AEM. Analyzed the data: ESL AEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESL AEM RV JHK. Wrote the paper: ESL AEM ME RV.