About the Authors

Jacob Creswell

creswellj@who.int

Affiliation Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Saira Khowaja

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Andrew Codlin

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Rabia Hashmi

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Erum Rasheed

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Mubashir Khan

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Irfan Durab

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Christina Mergenthaler

Affiliation Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland

Owais Hussain

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Faisal Khan

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Aamir J. Khan

Affiliation Interactive Research and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

JC and CM are members of the TB REACH secretariat but were not involved in the initial intervention proposal or the decision to fund the project. Other authors declare no conflicts. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJK JC SK FK AJC. Performed the experiments: SK AJC RH ER MK ID FK. Analyzed the data: JC CM AJC SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OH. Wrote the paper: JC SK CM AJC.