About the Authors

Kondwani Kawaza

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Heather E. Machen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jocelyn Brown

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zondiwe Mwanza

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Suzanne Iniguez

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Care, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Al Gest

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

E. O'Brian Smith

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Maria Oden

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

rkortum@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Elizabeth Molyneux

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRR-K MO HEM EM. Performed the experiments: RRR-K MO HEM EM EOS KK JB ZM. Analyzed the data: RRR-K MO EOS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI HM JB AG. Wrote the paper: RRR-K MO HEM EM KK EOS ZM SI JB AG. Designed training materials for bCPAP: SI HEM JB AG. Led the staff training: SI.