Table 1.

Overview of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews conducted

Qualitative Method	Mchinji	Salima	Participant categories	No. of participants
Focus group discussions (FGDs)	1	2	Health surveillance assistants	19
	8	5	Community members (women with under-five children; volunteers)	114
Total No. of FGDs	9	7	Total No. of FGD participants	133
Semi-structured in-depth interviews (IDIs)	4	1	Health surveillance assistants	5
	1	2	Senior health surveillance assistants	3
	6	6	Community members	12
	10	14	Health systems staff and representatives from non-governmental organisations	24
Total No. of IDIs	21	23		44