Assessing the scalability of a health management-strengthening intervention at the district level: a qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda

Table 1 Overview of participants in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda

	Initial context analysis	Process evaluation
	Interviews	DHMT interviews	Scale-up assessment
Ghana	MoH & GHS: 6 RHA: 2 DHMT members: 15 District assemblies: 6	9 DHMT members	3 NSSG (group discussion) 2 GHS 1 CHAG 3 RT (group discussion) 3 RHA
Malawi	MoH: 2 MoLG:3 DHMT members: 11 District council: 8	9 DHMT members	1 NSSG (individual) 1 MoH 2 RT (individual) 2 MoH
Uganda	MoH:1 MoLG: 1 Health Service Commission: 1 DHMT members: 13 Admin actors at district level: 4 Political actors at district level: 3	9 DHMT members 1 Human resource officer	3 RT members (individual) 2 MoH 1 Public Service Commission

CHAG Christian Health Association of Ghana, DHMT district health management team, GHS Ghana Health Service, MoH Ministry of Health, MoLG Ministry of Local Government, NSSG national scale-up steering group, RHA regional health administration

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