Table 1. Characteristics of respondents.
| Bangladesh | Ethiopia | Malawi | Uganda | Global | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey sample size (n) | 55 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 36 | 240 | |
| Responded (Response rate %) | 48 (87.3) | 45 (90.0) | 85 (197.7) | 113 (201.8) | 12 (33.3) | 303 (126.3) | |
| Characteristics of respondents | |||||||
| Gender | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Male | 28 (58.3) | 39 (86.7) | 27 (31.8) | 22 (19.5) | 3 (25.0) | 119 (39.3) | |
| Female | 20 (41.7) | 6 (13.3) | 58 (68.2) | 91 (80.5) | 9 (75.0) | 184 (60.7) | |
| Professional background | |||||||
| Doctors | 26 (54.2) | 11 (24.4) | 1 (1.2) | 15 (13.3) | 9 (75.0) | 62 (20.5) | |
| Nurses | 8 (16.7) | 9 (20.0) | 74 (87.1) | 93 (82.3) | 1 (8.3) | 185 (61.1) | |
| Other | 14 (29.2) | 25 (55.6) | 10 (11.8) | 5 (4.4) | 2 (16.7) | 56 (18.5) | |
| Level of involvement in network (n=291) | |||||||
| Facility | 31 (64.6) | 29 (64.4) | 78 (91.8) | 101 (89.4) | - | 239 (82.1) | |
| Sub-national | 3 (6.3) | 7 (8.9) | 6 (7.1) | 8 (7.1) | - | 24 (8.2) | |
| National | 13 (27.1) | 9 (20.0) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (3.4) | - | 27 (9.3) | |
| Global | 1 | - | 1 (0.3) | ||||
| Role in the network | |||||||
| Frontline health worker | 11 (22.9) | 29 (64.4) | 80 (94.1) | 92 (81.4) | 212 (70.0) | ||
| Implementing partner | 13 (27.1) | 4 (8.9) | - | 2 (1.8) | 5 (41.7) | 24 (7.9) | |
| Member of any related committee | 20 (41.7) | 10 (22.2) | 4 (4.7) | 16 (14.2) | 1 (8.3) | 51 (16.8) | |
| Technical partner | 1(2.1) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (2.7) | 6 (50.0) | 13 (4.3) | |
| Other | 3 (6.3) | - | 3 (1.0) | ||||