1.Bio Abaye;	Epidemiology Unit, Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, Yenagoa, State Secretariat, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, Nigeria; email: beluabaye@yahoo.co.uk
2. Francisco Averhoff; Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL, USA; email: francisco.averhoff@abbott.com
3. Muazzam Nasrullah; New Vaccines &amp;amp; Infectious Diseases, Merck, NW, Pennsylvania, USA, email: s.muazzam.nasrullah@merck.com
4. Lawal Kabiru;  Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, email: kaboskylawal@yahoo.com
5. Lara Pereira; The Task Force for Global Health, Tephinet Secretariat, Decatur, GA, 30030, USA; email: lpereira@taskforce.org