About the Authors

Beatrice Mwagomba

Affiliation Thyolo District Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, Thyolo, Malawi

Rony Zachariah

zachariah@internet.lu

Affiliation Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, Medecins sans Frontieres, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Moses Massaquoi

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Thyolo, Malawi

Dalitso Misindi

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Thyolo, Malawi

Marcel Manzi

Affiliation Medical Department (Operational Research), Brussels Operational Center, Medecins sans Frontieres, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Bester C. Mandere

Affiliation Thyolo District Assembly, Thyolo, Malawi

Marielle Bemelmans

Affiliation Medecins sans Frontieres, Thyolo, Malawi

Mit Philips

Affiliation Analysis and Advocacy Unit, Brussels Operational Centre, Médecins sans Frontieres, Brussels, Belgium

Kelita Kamoto

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population, Lilongwe, Malawi

Eric J. Schouten

Affiliations Ministry of Health and Population, Lilongwe, Malawi, Management Sciences for Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Anthony D. Harries

Affiliations International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BM RZ MM DM MM BCM MB MP KK ES ADH. Performed the experiments: BM MM DM. Analyzed the data: BM RZ DM MM ADH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RZ MM MM BCM MB MP KK ES ADH. Wrote the paper: BM RZ MM DM MM BCM MB MP KK ES ADH.