About the Authors

Newton Opiyo

*E-mail: nopiyo@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Fred Were

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Fridah Govedi

Affiliation Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Greg Fegan

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Aggrey Wasunna

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Mike English

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME. Analyzed the data: GF ME NO FW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF ME NO FG AW. Wrote the paper: NO. Other: Contributed to the study development and development and implementation of the NLS course: NO FW FG AW ME. NLS instructor in the study: FG AW ME. Supervised data collection and controlled the quality of the study: NO ME. Contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the results: FW ME. Reviewed and approved the final version the manuscript: FW FG GF AW ME. Contributed to the design of the study and the statistical analysis and interpretation of the results: GF. Designed and obtained funding for the study: ME NO.