Table 3.

Design of country intervention packages

	Definition	Malawi		Rwanda		Ethiopia
Intervention package		Enhanced Management (EM), in 3 of 28 districts nationwide*	Efficient Product Transport (EPT), in 3 of 28 districts nationwide*	Quality Collaboratives (QCs), in 3 of 31 districts nationwide†	Incentives for Community Supply Chain Improvement (IcSCI), in 3 of 31 districts nationwide†	Ready Lessons and Problem Solving, in 28 of ~ 765 woredas nationwide‡
Product flow	Clear procedures and processes for inventory management, distribution, and storage exist and are executed as expected	cStock: mHealth reporting and resupply system for CHWs	cStock Continuous review inventory control system / bicycle maintenance	Standard Resupply Procedures (RSP)	RSP	Ready Lessons
Data flow	Logistics (consumption and stock levels) data are available and usable for supply chain decision making, management, monitoring, and problem solving	cStock	cStock	RSP	RSP	Ready Lessons
Effective people	Consists of a skilled and motivated workforce that works together to problem solve and achieve their supply chain goals, based on: • Management processes and skills • Teamwork across multiple levels, using data for problem solving • CHWs motivated and recognized for SC accomplishments	DPATs	None	Teamwork: Quality Improvement Teams (QITs) Motivation: Allowances	Motivation: Allowances and performance–based incentive paid to CHW cooperative	Ready Lessons Problem Solving

ACT – artemisin–based combination therapy, CHW – community health worker, EM – enhanced management, DMPA – depo provera/depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, DPAT – district product availability teams, EPT – efficient product transport, FP – family planning, IcSCI – incentives for community supply chain improvement, mHealth – mobile health, ORS – oral rehydration solution, QIT – Quality Improvement Team, SC – supply chain, QC – Quality Collaboratives, RSP – resupply standard procedures, RUTF – ready–to–use therapeutic food

*Source: CIA World Factbook. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html; accessed: 10 November, 2014.

†Source: National Institute of Statistics, Rwanda; 2006. Available at: http://www.statistics.gov.rw/geodata. Accessed: 10 November, 2014.

‡Source: Population and Housing Census Report – Country – 2007. Central Statistical Agency, 2010–2007. Available at: http://www.csa.gov.et/newcsaweb/images/documents/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20census/ETH-pop-2007/survey0/data/Doc/Reports/National_Statistical.pdf. Accessed:10 November, 2014.