Table 2.
Summary of data collection activities.
| Country | Nepal | Senegal | Zambia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Country Research Partner | Center for Molecular Dynamics, Nepal | Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formation (IRESSEF) | Center for Family Health Research in Zambia | |||
| Data collection period (MM/YYYY) | 8/2019 – 12/2019 | 12/2020–4/2021 | 10/2019 – 02/2020 | |||
| Regions and Districts | ||||||
| Region 1 | Madhes* | Dhanusha, Bara, Mahottari | Ziguinchor | Ziguinchor, Oussouye, Diouloulou | Lusaka | Lusaka, Rufunsa, Chongwe |
| Region 2 | Bagmati | Makwanpur, Dolakha, Kathmandu | Dakar | Rufisque, Mbao, Keur Massar | Central | Chibombo, Chitambo, Serenje |
| Region 3 | Gandaki Pradesh | Kaski, Myagdi, Nawalparasi | Tambacounda | Tambacounda, Koumpentoum, Goudiry | Luapula | Chipili, Nchelenge, Samfya |
| Key Informant Interviews† | 79 (79) | 62 (63) | 66 (85) | |||
| Key: Number of KIIs (Participants) | ||||||
| National level government staff | 11 (11) | 5 (5) | 11 (12) | |||
| Partner organization staff | 8 (8) | 4 (4) | 11 (15) | |||
| Regional health staff | 5 (5) | 7 (7) | 6 (8) | |||
| District health staff | 15 (15) | 38 (38) | 10 (19) | |||
| Health facility staff | 23 (23) | 6 (6) | 7 (10) | |||
| Community leaders | 15 (15) | 2 (2) | 10 (10) | |||
| Community health workers ** | 2 (2) | – | 11 (11) | |||
| Focus Group Discussions | 30 (191) | 19 (128) | 22 (132) | |||
| Key: Number of FGDs (Participants) | ||||||
| Community health workers ** | 9 (60) | 10 (65) | 10 (60) | |||
| Mothers | 9 (60) | 9 (63) | 8 (48) | |||
| Fathers | 6 (36) | – | 1 (6) | |||
| Grandparents | 6 (35) | – | 3 (18) | |||
| Total (per country) | 109 (270) | 81 (191) | 88 (217) | |||
| Total (across countries) | – | – | 278 (678) | |||
†
Country-specific case studies provide more detail, including interviewee titles.
*
Madhes was referred to as Province 2 prior to 2022 (including during data collection).
**
Includes: volunteer community health workers, female community health volunteers (FCHV; Nepal), vaccinators (Nepal), bajenu gox (Senegal), and neighborhood health committee members (Zambia).