Table 1 Description of stakeholder involvement

Sub-county quarterly review meetings facilitated by sub-county leaders

Sub-county implementation committee (technical, political and religious leaders at sub-county), district health team and the Makerere research team

Provide update on project implementation and uptake of interventions

Identify lessons learnt, implementation challenges and solutions

Quarterly research team meetings facilitated by both district and Makerere team

District health officers, district project focal persons and the Makerere research team

Provide update on project implementation and uptake of interventions

Identify lessons learnt, implementation challenges and solutions

District quarterly review meetings facilitated by district technical leaders

District implementation committee (technical, political and religious leaders at district level), district health team and the Makerere research team

Provide update on project implementation and uptake of interventions

Identify lessons learnt, implementation challenges and solutions

Support supervision led by district support supervision team and supported by the Makerere team

Health workers from intervention and control area

Monitor availability of MNH services

Identify gaps in MNH service delivery

Agree on action points with facility staff

Follow-up progress in addressing identified gaps

VHTs quarterly review meetings

All 1680 VHTs were involved in their respective sub-counties

Provide feedback to the VHTs about their performance and the community behavioural practices

Reinforce the knowledge and skills of VHTs

Community dialogue meetings led by VHTs and supervised by sub-county implementation committee

Community members

Discuss and promote local practices that influence MNH health positively and negatively

Discuss and discourage local practices that influence MNH health negatively

Encourage uptake of key intervention elements