Policies and actions to reduce maternal mortality in Nepal: perspectives of key informants

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Table 1. Characteristics of key informants (n = 36)

Key informants	Number (n)
Maternal Health Experts (MHE) Experts who have long experience of working in key roles in safe motherhood programmes in both governmental and non-governmental organisations	7
Representatives of Donor Organisations (DO) Representatives of major donor organisations involved in supporting, developing and designing of safe motherhood programmes in Nepal	5
Representatives of Ministry of Social Development (MSDP) Representatives from Ministry of Social Development at provincial level responsible for making provincial level health policy and programmes (Provinces 2, 5, and 6)	3
Gynaecologist of Regional Hospitals (RH) Head of gynaecology departments of provincial level hospitals responsible for providing maternal health services.	3
Health Officers (HO) District Health Officers from the study districts who have long experience of working in the public health sector	2
Maternity Ward In-Charge of District Hospitals (MWIDH) Maternity Ward In-Charge of district hospitals of study districts and has been involved in conducting facility deliveries	4
Health Coordinators (HC) Health coordinators from municipalities of study districts, responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring of local health facilities and programmes	6
Chairperson of Health Management Committee (HMC) Chairpersons of Health Management Committees of local health facilities in the study districts; these are local elected leaders and involved in community participation and social accountability	6