We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors:

• TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. World Health Organization
• South African Medical Research Council
• National Research Foundation, South Africa
• Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization
• Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine through the READ-It grant from the Department for International Development Country, UK, Project 300342-104
• German Federal Ministry of Research and Education through the Collaboration for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA+)