TABLE 2.

World Health Organization Health System Building Blocks (Functions) Explored in 9 Districts in Uganda

	Attributes Probed for in the Interview Guide
Health financing	Sources of funding for health care in general and specifically for iCCM Percentage of the district budget allocated to iCCM Type of providers of child health care services Range of health services provided by both public and private providers and coverage of the health costs at the point of use Most significant change in health financing for children
Service delivery	Scope of child services offered within the district-by whom and when and presence of any performance linked payments The most significant change in health service delivery
Health workforce	Scope of health staffing levels and turnover in the district Scope of VHT coverage and turning over Scope of training, implementation partners, remuneration, motivation. and supervision for CHWs Presence and awareness of iCCM guidelines Most significant in the health workforce
Governance	Extent to which health decisions are made by the DHTs Budget priority setting exercises Health worker and health technology regulation Community participation in health decision making Most significant changes in health governance
Medical products and technologies	Available medicines and supplies for treatment of common childhood illnesses Distribution of the medicines and supplies specifically iCCM medicines Most significant change in distribution of medicines
Information	Management of health data at the local and district level Availability of standardized registers for collecting and submitting community level data Available data submission platforms Community-level indicators fitted into the national HMIS Use of data for decision making at local and district level Key challenges in reporting data at the local and district level Most significant change in the HMIS

Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; DHT, district health team; HMIS, health management information system, iCCM, integrated community case management; VHT, village health team.