Table 1.

Study participants’ role

Participant role	No of participants interviewed
Merseyside, UK
Regional decision-maker	5
Hospital decision-maker (clinical director, medical director, ward manager)	4
Hospital consultant	11
Hospital health worker (junior doctors, nurses)	10
Health worker in community (GP, district nurse, residential care home)	7
Liverpool clinical laboratory staff	5
Total	42
Liberia participants
National decision-maker	21
County decision-maker	3
Total	24

GP, general practitioner.