About the Authors

Martin Kayitale Mbonye

mbonyemarti@yahoo.com

Affiliation Training Department, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Sarah M. Burnett

Affiliation Accordia Global Health Foundation, Washington DC, United States of America

Aldomoro Burua

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, Kampala, Uganda

Robert Colebunders

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Ian Crozier

Affiliation Accordia Global Health Foundation, Washington DC, United States of America

Stephen N. Kinoti

Affiliations Center for Human Services, University Research Co., LLC, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Fio Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Allan Ronald

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Sarah Naikoba

Affiliation Training Department, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Timothy Rubashembusya

Affiliation Training Department, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Kelly S. Willis

Affiliation Accordia Global Health Foundation, Washington DC, United States of America

Marcia R. Weaver

Affiliation Departments of Global Health and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR KSW MRW. Performed the experiments: MKM SMB AB IC SNK TR MRW. Analyzed the data: MKM SMB MRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKM SN KSW MRW. Wrote the paper: MKM MRW. Reviewed the manuscript to meet submission requirements: RC JPVG. Reviewed the manuscript before resubmissions during the different stages of peer review: MKM SMB AB RC IC SNK AR SN TR JPVG KSW MRW. Shared relevant literature material: MKM SMB AB RC IC SNK AR SN TR JPVG KSW MRW.