Table 2.

Strengths and Weaknesses of development of the OHP as perceived by respondents

Strengths of policy process	Weaknesses of policy process
● Government support/political will	● Delayed approval by govt. of the agenda setting stage which delayed subsequent stages.
● Available research evidence	● Lack of funding
● Opportunity of a national Health Strategic Plan	● The time taken to generate and pull research evidence from different zones of the country.
● Diverse group of stakeholders
● The leadership displayed by the OH secretariat
● Broad based participation and commitment of stakeholders
● Policy went through all the stages of approval in the national policy making process, despite delays.