About the Authors

Webster Mavhu

mailto:wmavhu@gmail.com

Affiliation Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project-UZ, Department of Community Medicine UZ, Harare, Zimbabwe

Sasha Frade

Affiliation Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ann-Marie Yongho

Affiliation Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, LA, USA

Margaret Farrell

Affiliation Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, LA, USA

Karin Hatzold

Affiliation Population Services International, Harare, Zimbabwe

Michael Machaku

Affiliation Jhpiego, Dar es Salaam, Republic of Tanzania

Mathews Onyango

Affiliation FHI 360, Kisumu, Kenya

Owen Mugurungi

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Harare, Zimbabwe

Bennett Fimbo

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Republic of Tanzania

Peter Cherutich

Affiliation National AIDS/STD Control Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Dino Rech

Affiliation Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa

Delivette Castor

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA

Jane T. Bertrand

Affiliation Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, LA, USA

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB DR WM OM BF PC DC EN. Performed the experiments: DR JB MM MO SF WM. Analyzed the data: DR JB MF MM MO SF WM AY DC EN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WM SF AY MF KH MM MO OM BF PC DR DC EN JB. Wrote the paper: WM SF AY MF KH MM MO OM BF PC DR DC EN JB.