About the Authors

Fernando C. Wehrmeister

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fwehrmeister@equidade.org

Affiliation International Center for Equity in Health, Post-Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Aluisio J. D. Barros

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Center for Equity in Health, Post-Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Ties Boerma

Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Cesar G. Victora

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Center for Equity in Health, Post-Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.