About the Authors

Kathryn Whetten

katewhetten@gmail.com

Affiliations Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jan Ostermann

Affiliation Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian W. Pence

Affiliations Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Rachel A. Whetten

Affiliation Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lynne C. Messer

Affiliations Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, School of Community Health, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Sumedha Ariely

Affiliation Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Karen O'Donnell

Affiliations Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Child and Family Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Augustine I. Wasonga

Affiliation ACE Africa, Bungoma, Kenya

Vanroth Vann

Affiliation Homeland, Battambang, Cambodia

Dafrosa Itemba

Affiliation TAWREF, Moshi, Tanzania

Misganaw Eticha

Affiliation Stand for Vulnerable Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ira Madan

Affiliation Sahara House, Delhi, India

Nathan M. Thielman

Affiliations Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

The Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW JO RAW BWP. Performed the experiments: KW JO RAW VV AW IM DI ME. Analyzed the data: KW JO BW LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW JO BWP LM KO SA. Wrote the paper: KW JO BWP LM KO SA RAW NT VV AW IM DI ME.