1. Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
2. School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
3. Hospital Pediatrico David Bernardino, Luanda, Angola
4. Bacteriology National Reference Laboratory, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
5. Department of Microbiology National Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho
6. Department of Child Health, Teaching Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mère Enfant Tsaralàlana, Antananarivo, Madagascar
7. Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
8. Namibia Institute of Pathology, Microbiology, and Windhoek Central Reference Laboratory, Windhoek, Namibia
9. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda
10. National Surveillance Laboratory, eSwatini Health Laboratory Services, eSwatini
11. Bacteriology Laboratory, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania
12. Ministry of Health, Bacteriology Laboratory, Mulago Teaching Hospital, Uganda
13. Ministry of Health, University Teaching Hospital, Pathology and Microbiology Department, Lusaka, Zambia
14. Harare Children’s Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe
15. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Inter-Country Support Team, Harare, Zimbabwe
16. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
17. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
18. Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA