Health care options for commercial farm workers in Namibia

Ingrid De Beer

qualifications: MA

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts

position: General manager

Namibia

Hannah Coutinho

qualifications: PhD

contribution: statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Medical officer

Leonor Guariguata

qualifications: MPH

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Consultant

Hellmut Fortsch

qualifications: DipAdvFarmMan

contribution: original concept, input data, contributed to drafts

position: Vice-chairman

Rina Hough

contribution: devised survey tool, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Project manager

Namibia

Project Coordinator, PharmAccess Foundation, Namibia. Develop and assist Namibia Agricultural Union with HIV/AIDS workplace programmes in commercial agricultural sector as well as overall wellness programmes for farm employees.

Prof Tobias Rinke De Wit

contribution: statistical analysis, contributed to revision and editing of the manuscript

position: Director

Netherlands

Tobias Rinke de Wit is Professor in Sustainable Health Care Delivery in Resource Poor Settings at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. His particular field of expertise is affordable laboratory diagnostics. He has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, mostly in the areas of immunology, virology and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS.