Strategies to improve male involvement in PMTCT Option B+ in four African countries: a qualitative rapid appraisal

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Table 1 Summary of participants

Type of interview	Participant category	Number of interviewees/focus group discussion participants
Malawi
Data collection: 15–24 June 2015; districts visited: Lilongwe, Mzimba North, and Zomba
Individual interviews	IP	2 female
	MoH	1 female, 2 male
	Multi-lateral agency	1 female, 1 male
	District management	5 male
	Facility-based health workers	2 female, 2 male
	Community-based health worker	1 female, 1 male
FGDs	IP	7 female, 4 male
	MoH	1 female, 2 males
	Multi-lateral agency	2 female; 3 male
	District management	1 female, 3 male
	Facility-based health workers	7 female, 5 male
	Community-based health workers (health surveillance assistants, Male Study Circles, M2M mentor mothers, Community advisory board)	10 groups (average size 9 individuals, mixed gender)
Côte d’ Ivoire
Data collection: 19–31 July 2015; districts visited: Port-Bouet, Bouake Sud, and Daloa
Individual interviews	IP	4 female, 6 male
	MoH	1 female, 3 male
	Multi-lateral agency	3 female, 3 male
	District management	1 female, 6 male
	Facility-based health workers	1 male
FGDs	IP	4 groups (average size 7, mixed gender)
	District management	1 group of 2 females and 4 males
	Facility-based health workers	1 group of 2 females and 1 male
	Community-based health workers (scouts, lay counselors, CHWs, traditional leaders)	3 groups (average size 8, mixed gender)
DRC
Data collection: 8–19 June 2015; health zones visited in the Katanga Province: Kasenga, Kapemba, and Kisanga
Individual interviews	IP	6 male
	MoH	2 female, 6 male
	Multi-lateral agency	4 female, 6 male
	District management	1 female, 3 male
	Facility-based health workers	2 female, 1 male
FGDs	IP	5 groups (average size 3, mixed gender)
	Facility-based health workers	1 group with 4 females
	Community-based health workers (relais communautaire, mentor mothers, peer educator)	4 groups (average size 4, mixed gender)
Uganda
Data collection: 29 June to 19 July 2015; areas visited: Greater Kampala and nine districts across three regions (Bugiri, Kamuli, Kaliro, Isingiro, Bushenyi, Ibanda, Moroto, Kotido, Abim)
Individual interviews	IP	6 female, 9 male
	MoH	2 female, 4 male
	Multi-lateral agency	2 male
	District management	30 female, 27 male
	Community-based health worker	2 female
FGDs	IP	1 group with 2 females and one male
	Facility-based health workers	2 groups (average size 4, mostly female)
	Community-based health workers (scouts, lay counselors, CHWs, traditional leaders)	13 groups (average size 5, mixed gender)

DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo; FGDs, focus group discussions; CHWs, Community health workers; IP, Implementing partner; M2M, Mothers 2 mothers; MoH, Ministry of Health.

Fig. 1 Strategies to increase male partner involvement in PMTCT. RMNCH, Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health; PLWH, people living with HIV/AIDS; ANC, antenatal care.