About the Authors

Neeraj Raizada

Affiliation Formerly of the Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India

Lakbir Singh Chauhan

Affiliation Central Tuberculosis Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

B. Sai Babu

Affiliation Department of Health, State Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India

Rahul Thakur

Affiliation Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India

Ajay Khera

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

D. Fraser Wares

Affiliation Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India

Suvanand Sahu

Affiliation Office of the WHO Representative to India, New Delhi, India

D. Bachani

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

B. B. Rewari

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India

Puneet K. Dewan

dewanp@searo.who.int

Affiliation World Health Organization, Southeast Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR LSC AK FW SS DB PKD. Performed the experiments: BSB RT BBR PKD. Analyzed the data: NR RT BBR PKD. Wrote the paper: NR LSC RT FW SS BBR PKD. Provided critical comments and revisions: BSB AK DB.