About the Authors

James G. Kahn

jgkahn@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Nicholas Muraguri

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Government of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Brian Harris

Affiliation Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Eric Lugada

Affiliation CHF International, Nairobi, Kenya

Thomas Clasen

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Mark Grabowsky

Affiliation ESP/UN Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Jonathan Mermin

Affiliation Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Shahnaaz Shariff

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Government of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

Brian Harris was hired by Super Models for Global Health (Dr. Kahn) to monitor the IPC in Kakamega in September 2008, and to do an analysis afterward. SMGH was paid by Vestergaard Frandsen. Vestergaard Frandsen paid J. G. Kahn (SMGH) to conduct the analysis and writing the manuscript. VF also paid for J. G. Kahn's travel to two meetings to present study results. London Vestergaard Frandsen paid for T. Clasen's field visit to Kenya study site and fees for time spent on study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGK. Analyzed the data: JGK BH. Wrote the paper: JGK BH EL TC JM SS MG NM.