Table 1.

Participants interviewed and their categories in the formal and informal health systems in Anambra and Enugu States, Nigeria

Stakeholder category	No. of participants
1. State Policy and decision makers • State Primary Health Care Development Agency (Executive Secretary) • State Ministry of Health  ◦ Permanent secretary  ◦ Department of Pharmacy  ◦ Department of Medical Services (providers licensing officer/desk) • State Health Insurance Agency (Executive Secretary)	10
2. State programme managers • Malaria or RMNCAH or HIV/TB or NCDs	2
3. Local government health authority (Enugu East, Enugu North, Enugu South, Onitsha North, Onitsha South LGAs): PHC coordinator (HOD of health)	5
4. Regulatory bodies with chapters in Anambra & Enugu States • Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria • Nursing and Midwifery council • Community Health Practitioners’ Council • Traditional Medicine Board	8
5. Informal health service providers • State Chairman NAPPMED • Coordinator of PMVS or director (MD) of most popular PMV in each slum area • State Chairman Traditional Healers/medicine practitioners • Chairperson Traditional Birth Attendants • Chairperson Bone setter’s association	10
6. Formal health service providers (in Abakpa and Okpoko) • OIC of most popular PHC in the slum area • Medical director of most popular Community pharmacy in the slum area • National Medical Association • National Association of Nurses and Midwives	4
7. Professional associations • National Medical Association • National Association of Nurses and Midwives	4
Total	43

Source: Authors’ compilation, February 2021