1 TITLE PAGE 1 Title: Adherence to Childhood Tuberculosis Treatment in Mozambique 2 Authors: Elisa López Varela*(1,3), Victor Guillermo Sequera*(1,2), Alberto L. García- 3 Basteiro(1,3,5), Orvalho Joaquim Augusto(3), Khatia Munguambe(3,4), Jahit Sacarlal (3,4), 4 Pedro Alonso (1,3) 5 (1) ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de 6 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 7 (2) Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, 8 Barcelona, Spain. 9 (3) Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Manhiça, Mozambique. 10 (4) Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique. 11 (5) Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, The 12 Netherlands 13 *Both authors equally contributed 14 Corresponding author: Elisa López-Varela, MD, MPH, Centro de Investigação 15 em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), CP 1929 Maputo, Moçambique. E-mail: 16 elisa.lopez@manhica.net 17 Author´s emails (in order): elisa.lopez@manhica.net, guillesequera@gmail.com, 18 Alberto.Garcia-Basteiro@manhica.net, orvaquim@gmail.com, 19 Khatia.Munguambe@manhica.net, Jahit.Sacarlal@manhica.net, 20 pedro.alonso@isglobal.org 21