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Joshua Davimes, University of the Witwatersrand and Karine Scheuermaier, University of the Witwatersrand

Mariëtte van der Walt, University of the Witwatersrand

Lydia Namatende-Sakwa, African Population and Health Research Center

Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, University of Florida

Christopher Hoy, The University of Melbourne and Revocatus Paul, University of Cape Town

Nhlanhla Mpofu, University of Notre Dame Australia

Charles Shey Wiysonge, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council and Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Stellenbosch University

Dorothy Nyemba-Machemedze, University of the Witwatersrand and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, University of the Witwatersrand

Amam Mbawkem, University of Lagos

Chris Malley, University of York; Caroline Sawe, University of York, and Kevin Hicks, University of York

Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University; Clive Thompson, and Jan Carlo De Vynck, University of the Witwatersrand

Eric Ng'eno, University of Kansas

Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University

Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, North-West University; Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University; Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, North-West University, and Olaniyi Fawole, University of Johannesburg

Sam Naidu, Rhodes University

Frans Viljoen, University of Pretoria

Dileepa Ediriweera, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Anthony Michael Butler, University of Cape Town

Paola Vesco, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO); Amber Deniz, Uppsala University; David Randahl, Swedish Defence University; Johan Brosché, Uppsala University, and Magnus Öberg, Uppsala University

John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University

Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Jia B. Kangbai, Njala University

Negusse Tadesse Kitaba, University of Southampton; Heather Zar, University of Cape Town, and John W Holloway, University of Southampton

Conor O'Kane, Bournemouth University

Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, La Trobe University

Noelia Noël, University of Surrey

Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town and Anda David, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Daniel Cash, United Nations University; Aston University

Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

Linda Calabrese, ODI Global and Jodie Keane, ODI Global

Jay Silverstein, Nottingham Trent University

Jacopo Gnisci, UCL

Garhe Osiebe, Rhodes University

Damilola Peter Olatade, Lagos State University

Naomi Adam, University of Liverpool

Sheila Petty, University of Regina

Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

Grace Khunou, University of South Africa

Patrick Ngassa Piotie, University of Pretoria

Rassim Khelifa, Concordia University

Adam Hart, University of Gloucestershire

Adrià San José Plana, Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS); Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and Xavier Rodo, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Sanjit K. Roy, Edith Cowan University; Ali Nazari Tehrani, Edith Cowan University, and S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Edith Cowan University

Garrett M. Broad, Rowan University

Amit Arora, Western Sydney University; Anita Lim, Western Sydney University, and Arosha Weerakoon, The University of Queensland

Alida de Flamingh, University of Tennessee

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

Dileepa Ediriweera, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Chris Malley, University of York; Caroline Sawe, University of York, and Kevin Hicks, University of York

Joana Castro Pereira, Universidade do Porto and Simón Pardo de Donlebún Versaci, Universidade do Porto

Babo Amadou Ba, Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW de Dakar