Table 1 CSO intervention strategies

PACHI

MNCH dashboards

Health facility

• Utilised existing Health Management Information System (HMIS) data

Data visualisation

• Data collected by District Implementation Teams (DITs)

• Data validated by District Health Management Teams (DHMTs)

• Data packaged into ‘dashboards’

QUIC survey assessments

Health facility

• Conducted at Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) facilities

• Data collection to assess facility readiness

• Data visualisation

• Data collected by DITs

• Data validated by DHMTs

• Data packaged into QUIC ‘scorecards’

Community bwalo

Community

• Meeting based on traditional method of dialogue

Citizen feedback and dialogue (linking citizens to health facility)

• Held quarterly

• Interface between citizens and health facility

District bwalo

District

• Meeting based on traditional method of dialogue

Citizen feedback and dialogue (linking citizens to district-level representatives)

• Held per month or per quarter

• Interface between citizens and district-level officials

CSO Task Force (member)

National

(see below)

(see below)

YONECO

Radio Listening Club

Community

• 10 per district

Citizen empowerment

• Contributed programming to YONECO FM (YFM)

Theatre for Development

Community

• Community trained by Cultural Theatre Troupe

Citizen empowerment

• Edutainment through drama

YONECO Radio (YFM)

National

• RMNCAH content broadcast three times per week

Data dissemination

• Segments called ‘The Meeting Point on Health’

• Broadcasts conducted in local languages, Chichewa and Tumbuka

CSO Task Force (member)

National

(see below)

(see below)

MHEN

Health budget analysis, tracking and training

District

• Trained councillors, CSO representatives, DHMTs

• Increase budget transparency

• Inform District Implementation Plan process

Health budget analysis

National

• Desk review of 2017 health budget

Analyse for RMNCAH financial gaps

Meetings with Parliamentary Health Committee, cabinet ministers, etc.

National

• Monthly, quarterly and annual meetings

• Highlight key findings from budget analysis

• RMNCAH advocacy using project data

CSO Task Force (Chair)

National

• Developed Terms of Reference (ToRs) for engaging citizens

National-level platform for social accountability stakeholders to share experiences and lessons learned

• Six meetings held per year (one every 2 months)

• Multiple INGOs and CSOs included in proceedings