Table 2.

Brief context of Uganda, Ghana and South Africa the study sites

	Uganda (East Africa)	Ghana (West Africa)	South Africa (South Africa)
GNI per capita (2014) (USD)1,a	670	1590	6800
U5MR (2014)2	55	62	41
Physicians/1000 popb	0.117 (2005)	0.11 (2008)	0.758 (2011)
Nursing and midwifery personnel/1000 pop	1.306 (2005)	0.974 (2008)	4.72 (2011)
Governance (Macro)	Multi-party democracy with no fixed term limits for president. Elections every 4 years. Current president transitioned from military leader to elected leader and has won every election since (over 30 years).	Multi-party with maximum of two 4 year terms for the president. Elections every 4 years since 1992. Power rotates between two political parties who claim social democrat (NDC) and liberal democrat (NPP) ideology.	Multi-party with maximum of two 4 year terms for the president. Elections every 4 years. Single party ANC has won every election since apartheid was dismantled in 1994. President has maximum of two 4 year terms.
Population (Pop.)	34.9 million in 2014c	25 million in 2010 censusd	54 million in 2014e
Pan African DrPH Partner Institutions	Makerere University	University of Ghana (UG). Ghana Health Service (GHS).	University of Cape Town (UCT). University of Western Cape (UWC).

1. Atlas method of conversion.

2. Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 live births that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

^ahttp://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD Downloaded 15 June 2016.

^bhttp://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A1444. Downloaded 15/6/16.

^cUBOS, National Population and Housing Census. 2014.

^dGhana Statistical Services. 2010 Population and Housing Census. Summary report of final results. May 2012.

^ehttp://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022014.pdf Downloaded 16/6/16.