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. 2015 Jun 11;10(6):e0130633. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130633

Table 2. Definitions of the activities included in the study.

Activity Definition
Planning & organizing of health services and programs All activities related to the development, writing, and organizing of health services and health programs.
Monitoring All monitoring activities, including preparation and post-processing of these activities, such as monitoring staff performance, work progress, and availability of drugs and supplies in health facilities.
Data management Activities related to routine health service data from health facilities, including obtaining, collating, entering, validating, revising and analyzing of data, and subsequent reporting.
Project reports Writing of reports not related to routine health data, such as progress reports for health projects carried out for stakeholders.
Community visits All visits to the communities of the district, representatives of the communities or participation in community durbars.
Research All activities related to research, including PERFORM.
HR Management All activities related to the management of HR, such as updating of the HR database, preparation of promotions, and writing of the monthly HR report.
Supervision Activities related to supervision of staff, including preparation and post-processing of supervisory visits.
Training All training events carried out by DHMT staff, including preparation and post-processing of such events.
Staff durbars Participating in or organizing of staff durbars.
Management of buildings and equipment All activities related to the management of buildings and of medical and technical equipment, such as updating of asset registers, receiving computers or medical equipment, and activities related to maintenance, repairing and rehabilitation.
Management of drugs and supplies All activities related to the management of drugs and supplies and their provision to health facilities. Activities include procurement, updating procurement registers, and issuing of drugs to health facilities.
Financial management Activities related to the management of finances, such as preparing and issuing payment vouchers, budgeting, and financial reporting.
Meetings & visitors All activities with regard to attending meetings and receiving visitors, including preparation and post-processing of such events. Activities include weekly DHMT meetings, meetings with stakeholders at all levels, unplanned emergency meetings.
Workshops Participating in workgroups, workshops or conferences, which are organized by any agency of MoH, other sector-ministries, or third-party organizations.
Administration All administrative activities in the office, such as phone calls, mailing, or letter writing.
Self-study All activities intended to obtain new knowledge, but which are not related to formal training.
Clinical activities All health promotion, prevention and curative services, such as talking on radio shows on health topics, x-ray screening, ward rounds, and attending to patients at OPD.
Travelling All activities related to travelling, such as journeys to health facilities, villages, and venues of meetings and workshops.
Non-productive activities All activities, which are unproductive such as waiting for an activity to start, morning devotions, and private social commitments.
Other activities All activities, which do not belong to any of the above activities.