About the Authors

Sharmistha Mishra

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Sema K. Sgaier

Affiliation Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India

Laura H. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Stephen Moses

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

B. M. Ramesh

Affiliation Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India

Michel Alary

Affiliation URESP, Centre de recherche FRSQ du CHA universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

David Wilson

Affiliation Global HIV/AIDS Program, World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America

James F. Blanchard

james_blanchard@umanitoba.ca

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFB S. Mishra SKS. Analyzed the data: S. Mishra. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFB S. Moses MA BMR. Wrote the paper: S. Mishra JFB SKS. Interpreted data: S. Mishra JFB SKS S. Moses MA LT BMR DW. Provided critical revisions for intellectual content: S. Mishra JFB SKS S. Moses MA LT BMR DW. Approved final version of article to be published: S. Mishra JFB SKS S. Moses MA LT BMR DW.