Table 3.

Community level information and actions taken

Emerging issues	Data collection methods and avenues for information sharing	Actions suggested and taken
Uptake of interventions by the community	Data was collected through household surveys and shared during quarterly review meetings conducted at sub-county and district level	Conduct maternal and newborn audits at the community and health facilities to find out the reasons for the deaths
Some mothers still deliver at home and so maternal and newborn deaths reported in some communities
Mothers continue to bathe newborns immediately within 12 h after birth (86%)		More health education about newborn care practices during home visits, community dialogues and at the health facility
Mothers continue to put local herbs on newborn cord (44%)
Poor attendance of community dialogues partly attributed to lack of involvement of local council leaders	Data was collected through key informant interviews and focus group discussions and shared during review meetings held at sub-county and district level	Sensitisation meetings held for local council leaders to inform them about their role in the study
Factors influencing competence of VHTs in performing their duties
VHTs lacked adequate knowledge about newborn danger signs (46%)	Data was collected through VHT surveys and shared with VHTs at VHT quarterly review meetings	Refresher training done during the quarterly group meeting and a change was noted (46–60%)
VHTs were not encouraging mothers to join saving groups and link up with transporters	Data was collected through VHT surveys and shared with VHTs at VHT quarterly review meetings	Refresher training of VHTs was done during quarterly group meeting and more information provided about transport and savings component; list of saving groups also given to VHTs

VHTs village health workers