About the Authors
- Rachel Jewkes
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* E-mail: rjewkes@mrc.ac.za
Affiliations Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Robert Morrell
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Affiliation Research Office, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Yandisa Sikweyiya
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Affiliation Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
- Kristin Dunkle
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Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Loveday Penn-Kekana
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Affiliation Centre for Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors recognise that Novo is a funder of a commercial enterprise but Novo had no involvement in the paper apart from providing some funding for writing. They do not own the data and had no financial links to the study at the time of study design or data collection. They have not seen the data, were not involved in shaping the analysis and have not expressed views on the paper. The authors have read the journal’s policy on conflict of interest and the funding supplied by Novo in no way compromises or influences the scientific integrity of the paper. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RJ RM YS KD. Performed the experiments: RJ RM YS KD. Analyzed the data: RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJ RM YS KD. Wrote the paper: RJ RM YS KD LPK.