Table 1.

Summary of evaluation designs

Characteristic	Burkina Faso	Ethiopia	Malawi
Evaluation design	Quasi-experimental design: purposively selected intervention and randomly selected comparison districts	Randomized control trial: “woredas” (districts) randomized in intervention and comparison	Dose–response analysis for 28 districts
Research partner(s)	Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population	MELA Research PLC; Alliance for Better Health Services PLC	National Statistical Office; Chancellor College, University of Malawi
Intervention area for the evaluation	Nine districts (seven malaria and diarrhea only, two iCCM for the three illnesses)	16 woredas	National, all 28 districts
Comparison area	Seven districts	15 woredas	No comparison area
Baseline–Endline	2010–2013	2011–2013	2010–2014
iCCM implementation strength assessment	2013	2012	2013
iCCM quality of care assessment	2012	2012	2009
Mortality measurement	Under-five mortality estimated using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)	Under-five and 2–59 months mortality rates measured through full birth history, endline survey	Under-five and 2–59 months mortality rates measured through full birth history, endline survey
Additional sub-studies	Qualitative study of iCCM utilization8	Qualitative study of iCCM utilization9	Qualitative study of health system supports for iCCM10

iCCM = integrated community case management.