Table 1.

Overview of methodology, methods and participants included in country studies

Title	Location	Study design and methods	Data sources	Participants	Analysis approach
Human Resources
Women and Leadership within the Cambodia Health Sector	Battambang province, Cambodia	Qualitative, life history interviews	In-depth interviews (N = 20)	Health managers (14 F, 6 M)	Thematic analysis
Gender Mainstreaming in the Posting and Deployment of Health Workers in Zimbabwe	Midlands province, Zimbabwe	Cross-sectional mixed-methods design; Life history interviews	Policy and documentreview	National Gender Policy, Public Service Regulations, Manpower Development Plan	Thematic analysis using a framework approach
			In-depth interviews (N = 30)	Health workers (nurses, midwives and environmental health technicians), N = 19 (8 M, 11 F) Human resource officers/managers N = 11 (6 M, 5F)
Exploring Gendered Experiences of Community Health Workers Using Photovoice in Rural Wakiso District, Uganda	Wakiso district, Uganda	Qualitative community-based participatory approach using photovoice	Discussions during meetings around photographs	Community health workers, N = 10 (5 F, 5 M)	Conventional content analysis using Atlas ti version 6.0.15
Service Delivery
Why are Maternal Health Outcomes Worse for Migrant Women in Masindi, Uganda?	Nyantonzi Parish, Masindi district, western Uganda	Qualitative	FGDs (N = 5)	Migrant women who have recently given birth Migrant pregnant women Spouses of migrant women whose wives were pregnant Spouses of migrant women whose wives recently gave birth	Thematic analysis using NVIVO
Are the Women of Indian Sundarbans Living in the Dark? An Intersectional Analysis of Eye Health Care Seeking Among the Elderly	Indian Sundarbans, eastern Indian state of West Bengal	Mixed methods	Survey (N = 422)	Visually impaired elderly (174 M/268 F)	Quantitative data were analysed using STATA 11 and qualitative data analysed thematically using NVIVO 10
			In-depth interviews (N = 24)	Visually impaired elderly men and women (12 M/12 F)
Gender Analysis of Family Care for Elderly: Evidence from Beijing, China	Beijing, China	Cross-sectional mixed methods study	Survey (N = 924)	Elderly (458 M, 466 F)	Analysed using SPSS 19, using Mann–Whitney U test; descriptive analysis; binary logistic regression
			In-depth interviews (N = 18)	Households with elders and one of their children (9 M/9 F)
Strengthening Male Involvement in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Enugu State, Nigeria	Enugu state, Nigeria	Qualitative	Document review	Journal articles, Research reports, Nigerian policy documents on national guidelines on PMTCT and integrated national guidelines for HIV prevention, treatment and care, Global reports on PMTCT strategic vision	Thematic content analysis using NVIVO 11
			In-depth interviews (N = 30)	Women and their male partners, N = 18 (9 F, 9 M) Health workers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists), N = 12 (4 M/8 F)
			FGDs (N = 4)	Support groups (2 F, 2 M) FGD participants = 30, FGD F Enugu = 8, FGD F Nsukka = 8, FGD M Enugu = 6, FGD M Nsukka = 8
Financing and Governance
Male Involvement in the National Health Insurance Fund/Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Prepaid Insurance Card for Pregnant Women in Pangani District, Tanzania	Pangani district,Tanzania	Qualitative	In-depth interviews (N = 6)	Male partners who re-enrolled/did not re-enroll	Thematic analysis
			FGDs (N = 5)	Female partners who re-enrolled/did not re-enroll, N = 3 (31 participants) Community health workers, N = 2 (4 M/7 F)
			Group discussions (N = 8)	Healthcare providers, N = 5 (4 with female nurses and 1 with female nurses and one male nurse) (10 F, 1 M) Managerial teams, N = 3), (7F, 5 M)
Mainstreaming Gender into PMTCT Guidelines in Tanzania	TANZANIA	Qualitative	Policy/ document review	Five PMTCT policy/strategy documents	Content analysis Thematic analysis
			Key informant interviews	Leaders of the health facilities and heads of reproductive and child health units involved in PMTCT (N = 26)

FGD focus group discussion, F female, M male, PMTCT prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS