Table 3.

Thematic area on facilitators of future intention to report deaths, Sierra Leone, 2017

Code	Category	Theme
1.1.1 Resembling Ebola	1.1 Presence of Ebola-like symptoms	Facilitators of willingness to report deaths in the future
1.1.2 Resembling Lassa
1.1.3 Bleeding before dying
1.2.1 Sudden death without illness	1.2 Sudden and unexplained death
1.2.2 Wanting to know cause of death
1.3.1 Informing chief	1.3 Existence of other local reporting mechanisms
1.3.2 Informing religious leaders
1.3.3 Informing elders
1.3.4 Inform city council for burial permit
1.3.5 Informing office of births and deaths for death certificate