Table 1. Data collection tools, sources of data and types of data collected in Bangladesh, Mali and Mozambique, 2016–2017.

Data collection tools	Type of participants	Type of data collected	Countries and no. of meetings, interviews, FGDs, observation and media monitoring
			Bangladesh	Mali	Mozambique
Community workshops	Community members and community leaders	Community residents’ views on the CHAMPS field activities, especially on the MITS procedure and practice. Concerns, expectations, misinformation, and the possibility of starting rumors in the community if tissue and fluids to be collected from a deceased child. What role the participant/s could play in managing and controlling rumor (if any), and past experiences of rumors related to child death in the community	14	2	14
Semi-structured interviews	Healthcare workers (General pediatricians, homeopathic practitioners, Family welfare visitors, and Health Assistants), School Teachers, NGO beneficiaries		6	6	47
Key informant in-depth interviews	Religious leaders, locally elected members, chairman, village chiefs, school headmasters, NGO workers, parents and grandparents of <5 deceased children		29	22	11
Focus group discussions	Nurses, parents who had not lost a child <5 and NGO workers providing health services		5	10	8
Informal conversations and group meetings	Parents, relatives, and neighbors of a deceased child that underwent MITS, community volunteers		5	4	9
Observation	Rumor affected area/hospital, events such as funerals, burial ceremonies.		5	0	47
Monitoring print, broadcast and social media	Newspaper articles, radio and television programs, and social media		Daily	Daily	Daily