Table 3.

Timeline of key GP events in Kenya and Uganda

Year	Kenya [33]	Uganda [34]
2015	• Introduction of GP to national stakeholders/government agencies in Kenya in October • Initiation of PEPAR GP planning process between October – December • USAID informs IPs, who in turn inform counties	• Introduction of GP to national stakeholders/government agencies in Uganda • Initiation of support withdrawal and simultaneous initiation of rationalization process • Significant numbers of private providers (and some public) have support withdrawn
2016	• Cessation of support begins in January for all CS counties • Completion of GP process by August/September	• Relatively few facilities experiencing withdrawal of support
2017	• Limited support reinitiated to six of seven counties with focus on high volume facilities for six months starting in May	• Significant numbers of facilities in CS districts have support withdrawn in-line with IP contracts ending
	• Round 1 of study data collection (May–June) • Round 2 of study data collection (November)
2018	• Withdrawal of short-term support, completing GP process	• Completion of GP process in September