Table 1.
Context for LiST applications in Malawi, Burkina Faso and Ghana
| Malawi | Burkina Faso | Ghana | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus area for CI activities (total population) | 10 districts (5.1 million)a | 9 districts (2.4 million)b | 37 districts (3 million)c |
| Area used in LiST application (total population) | National (14 million)d | National (14 million)d | 8 districts (1 million)c |
| Date of LiST application | December 2008 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
| Setting | Residential workshop to design independent evaluation of CI | MOH offices | Meeting with MOH and other partners convened by UNICEF |
| Advance team working with IIP/JHU | UNICEF/WHO | MOH (Family Health Division, Health Information System, National Statistics Institute) UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO | Ghana Health Service, MOH, UNICEF, WHO |
| Who presented LiST results to stakeholders? | UNICEF | IIP/JHU | Ghana Health Service |
| Participants in stakeholder meeting | MOH (all levels, Director to community health worker), WHO, UNICEF, independent evaluation team, BMGF, CIDA | MOH leaders and partner stakeholder | Ghana Health Service, MOH, WHO, UNICEF, BMGF, CIDA |
a2008 Malawi population census.
bMinistry of Health, Burkina Faso (Extrapolation based on 2006 census).
c2008 estimates from the Ghana Statistical Service (http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/gh_figures_2008.pdf).
d2006 estimates from the United Nations Population Reference Bureau.