Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics

	Male	Female
Key informant interviews (n = 10)
Key informants background
∙ Government (MoH)	0	3
∙ NGO	2	2
∙ Academic background	1	2
Community FGDs (n = 10, total 63 participants)
Position in community
∙ Activist/CHW	1	6
∙ Child <2 years old	6	15
∙ Pregnancy	4	7
∙ Community Leader	11	6
∙ Traditional Midwife	0	5
∙ Traditional Healer	1	1
Level of education
∙ None	1	8
∙ Primary	20	27
∙ Secondary	2	2
∙ Higher education	0	1
Marital status
∙ Single	3	14
∙ In relationship	20	21
∙ Widow	0	4
Providers FGDS (n = 6, total 36 participants)
Function in health center
∙ MCH nurse	0	13
∙ General nurse	2	1
∙ Technical Pharmacist	0	3
∙ Technical Agent	2	9
∙ General Doctor	0	1
∙ No qualification	1	1
∙ Social worker	1	5
Marital status
∙ Single	4	18
∙ In relationship	1	15
Couple interviews (n = 3, total 6 participants)
Reproductive life stage
∙ Pregnant couple expecting first child	1	1
∙ Young couple with 6 children	1	1
∙ Senior couple with grandchildren	1	1