About the Authors

Linnea Perry

lperry@tulane.edu

Affiliation Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Dino Rech

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

Webster Mavhu

Affiliation Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Department of Community Medicine UZ, Harare, Zimbabwe

Sasha Frade

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

Michael D. Machaku

Affiliation Jhpiego, Dar es Salaam, Republic of Tanzania

Mathews Onyango

Affiliation FHI 360, Kisumu, Kenya

Dickens S. Omondi. Aduda

Affiliation Impact Research and Development Organization, Kisumu, Kenya

Bennett Fimbo

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

Peter Cherutich

Affiliation National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Delivette Castor

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States of America

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jane T. Bertrand

Affiliation Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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