About the Authors

Xiaolin Wei

Affiliation School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Guanyang Zou

Affiliation China HSD Program, Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

John Walley

Affiliation Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Jia Yin

Affiliation School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Knut Lonnroth

Affiliation Global TB Programme, the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Mukund Uplekar

Affiliation Global TB Programme, the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Weibing Wang

Affiliation School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Qiang Sun

qiangs@sdu.edu.cn

Affiliation Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW GZ JW QS. Performed the experiments: XW GZ JW JY QS. Analyzed the data: XW GZ JY QS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW QS. Wrote the paper: XW GZ JY. Provided critical comments and revised the manuscript: JW QS KL MU WW.