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Brandon Marc Finn, University of Michigan

Caradee Yael Wright, South African Medical Research Council and Natasha Naidoo

Neekhil Bhowoniah, University of Mauritius

Amina Ebrahim, United Nations University and Patricia Justino, United Nations University

Annika Surmeier, University of Cape Town; Ines Meyer, University of Cape Town, and Molefe Maleka, Tshwane University of Technology

Zayd Waghid, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Umutcan Yüksel, European University Institute and Amanda Bisong, European University Institute

David Baidoo-Anu, Ontario Tech University and Monsurat Raji, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Ursula Hoadley, University of Cape Town; Carol Bertram, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Gabrielle Wills, Stellenbosch University, and Servaas van der Berg, Stellenbosch University

Mandla J. Radebe, University of Johannesburg and Mbongeni J Msimanga, University of Johannesburg

Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Stephen F. Austin State University

Paul Bowen, University of Cape Town and Rajen Govender, University of South Africa; University of Cape Town

Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University

Mattia Bessone, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Toumani Traoré, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

Mélissa Morel, University of Cambridge; Anne Mayor, Université de Genève, and Ladji Dianifaba, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

Nina Wilén, Lund University

Ese Owie, Euclid University | Pôle Universitaire Euclide ; University of Essex

Jia B. Kangbai, Njala University

Moeniera Moosa, University of the Witwatersrand

Lisette IJssel de Schepper, Stellenbosch University

Abeer Elshater, Ain Shams University and Hisham Abusaada, Housing and Building National Research Center

Saheed Babajide Owonikoko, Modibbo Adama University of Technology

Marew Abebe Salemot, Debark University; Behaliu Atenafu Dessie, Bahir Dar University; Kibrom Berhane Gessesse, University of British Columbia, and Mulatu Alemayehu Moges, University of Agder

Catriona Macleod, Rhodes University; Godfrey Kangaude, University of California, Los Angeles, and Nicola Jearey-Graham, Rhodes University

XN Iraki, University of Nairobi and Paul Odhiambo, The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW Sydney; Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney, and Md Saiful Islam, UNSW Sydney

Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, University of Ghana

Nicodemus Minde, United States International University

Melanie O'Brien, The University of Western Australia

Awino Okech, SOAS, University of London

Teresa A. Wasonga, Northern Illinois University

Nicodemus Minde, United States International University

Elena Moore, University of Cape Town and Thokozile Madonko, University of the Witwatersrand

Christian Moretti, ETH Zurich and Bessie Noll, ETH Zurich

Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria; Ana Saggioro Garcia, PUC-Rio; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); Kennedy Mbeva, University of Cambridge, and Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria

Glen Nwaila, University of the Witwatersrand and Grant Bybee

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

Sisanda Nkoala, University of the Western Cape

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Harvard University

Josh Opoku Brew, University of Pittsburgh

Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town

Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Harvard University

Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town

Dylan Valley, University of Cape Town

Olivier Moreillon, University of Johannesburg

Josef Hanekom, University of Pretoria

Santiago Zuluaga Castañeda, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC); Arjun Amar, University of Cape Town, and Megan Murgatroyd, University of Cape Town

Frank Quansah, University of Education, Winneba

Puleng Segalo, University of South Africa and Jacob Owusu Sarfo, University of Cape Coast

Julie Old, Western Sydney University and Brian Dixon, University of Waterloo

Sacchi Shin-Clayton, University of Cambridge and Jacqueline R Beggs, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Emma Beckett, Australian Catholic University

Trudy Meehan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Saliou Dieng, Université Numérique Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Christian Abadioko Sambou, Université Numérique Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Merling Phaswana, University of the Witwatersrand and Philippe Gradidge, University of the Witwatersrand

Bamba Gaye, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar