Table 1 |
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Officers approached for interview on malaria IPTp operational issues at national level |
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| Respondents |
Selection criteria and sample size |
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| NMCP officers |
Five officers at the national malaria control programme (NMCP) were involved, including
the Manager and Deputy Manager of the NMCP, two officers from the Case Management
of Malaria (CMM) and Malaria in Pregnancy (MIP) Unit and the Epidemiology Unit. Officially,
these officers: (a) are responsible for planning, supervision, monitoring and evaluating
of NMCP activities in all the 121 districts in Mainland Tanzania; (b) regularly interact
with malaria policy-makers and private sector partners on malaria control issues and
do receive reports from all the districts which they use for execution and developing
national strategic plans for malaria control (Mwisongo et al., 2007 [49]); (c) periodically supervise, monitor and evaluate the implementation of district
health plans (Dr. Alex Mwita, other NMCP officers per comm.). |
| MOHSW Officers |
Two officers including the former Director for Preventive Services (DPS) and one Pharmacist
from the Pharmaceutical Unit were involved. The officer who was acting as the DPS
from late 2006 was approached for at least personal communication. The former DPS
who retired in 2006 provided detailed information based on his experience with interaction
with the NMCP and MOHSW on consultancy activities. His successor was appointed by
the President in 2007 while this study was in the last stages of its implementation.
As a former regional medial officer, he had was considered for interacting with the
national level officers on NMCP issues. |
| Representative of Private health-care service providers |
The private sector agencies involved in health care service provision was represented
by the Faith-based (Church) organizations' representative, particularly the Christian
Social Services Commission (CSSC) of Tanzania. |
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*NMCP – National Malaria Control Programme |
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Mubyazi et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:135 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-135 |
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